noun
- urgent needs or demands; pressing requirements
Usage: formal; plural form of exigence
Examples
- The exigences of war forced the government to ration food supplies.
- Modern life’s exigences leave little time for leisure activities.
- The company struggled to meet the exigences of rapid expansion.
- Financial exigences compelled her to take a second job.
- The exigences of the situation required immediate action.
- Educational exigences demand updated curriculum standards.