Exigence

Origin

Borrowing from fr exigence.

Full definition of exigence

Noun

1. exigency
• 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 9Chagrined and surprised, they were obliged, though unwillingly, to turn back, for no shelter was nearer than their own house. One consolation however remained for them, to which the exigence of the moment gave more than the usual propriety; it was that of running with all possible speed down the steep side of the hill which led immediately to the garden gate.----