1. A pressing or urgent situation
   "the health-care exigency" 
2. A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
   - emergency, pinch

Derived forms: exigencies

See also: exigent

Type of: crisis

Encyclopedia: Exigency

• tonsillitis
• tonsorial
• tonsure
• tonsured
• tontine
• tontine insurance
• tonus
• tony
• Tony Blair
• too
• too bad
• too big for one's breeches
• too large
• too much
• too soon
• too-careful
• too-generous
• too-greedy
• toodle-oo
• toodle-pip
• tool
• tool around
• tool bag
• tool cabinet
• tool case