Definition of necessity

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Necessity (n.) That which is necessary; a necessary; a requisite; something indispensable; -- often in the plural.

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Exigent :: Exigent (n.) Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment.
Stoic :: Stoic (n.) A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed..
Freedom :: Freedom (n.) Exemption from necessity, in choise and action; as, the freedom of the will..
Liberty :: Liberty (n.) The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.
Emergency :: Emergency (n.) An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency.
Necessitarian :: Necessitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the doctrine of philosophical necessity in regard to the origin and existence of things, especially as applied to the actings or choices of the will; -- opposed to libertarian..
Save :: Save (a.) To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare..
Necessity :: Necessity (n.) The condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing need; indigence; want.
Supererogative :: Supererogation (n.) The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.
Necessity :: Necessity (n.) That which is necessary; a necessary; a requisite; something indispensable; -- often in the plural.
Prodigal :: Prodigal (n.) One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift..
Free Will :: Free will () The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity.
Have :: Have (v. t.) To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.
Verbiage :: Verbiage (n.) The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness..
Distress :: Distress (n.) A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc..
Fatalism :: Fatalism (n.) The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity..
Needs :: Needs (adv.) Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; -- often with must, and equivalent to of need..
Obviate :: Obviate (v. t.) To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going..
Occasion :: Occasion (n.) Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms..
Use :: Use (v. t.) Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book..
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