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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Supererogative :: Supererogation (n.) The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.
Wide :: Wide (superl.) Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like..
Mister :: Mister (n.) Need; necessity.
Destiny :: Destiny (n.) The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual..
Fatalist :: Fatalist (n.) One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity.
Nonnecessity :: Nonnecessity (n.) Absence of necessity; the quality or state of being unnecessary.
Unnecessity :: Unnecessity (n.) The state of being unnecessary; something unnecessary.
Excess :: Excess (n.) The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light..
Urge :: Urge (v. t.) To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case..
Unessential :: Unessential (n.) Something not constituting essence, or something which is not of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials of religion..
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..
Necessity :: Necessity (n.) The condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing need; indigence; want.
Necessity :: Necessity (n.) The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism..
Save :: Save (a.) To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare..
Mortality :: Mortality (n.) The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying.
Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like..
Semi-pelagian :: Semi-Pelagian (n.) A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448), who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints..
Free :: Free (superl.) Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said of the will.
Needsly :: Needsly (adv.) Of necessity.
Use :: Use (v. t.) Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book..
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