NECESSITY

/nΙͺˈsΙ›sΙ™ti/
14
Scrabble
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WWF
N(1) E(1) C(3) E(1) S(1) S(1) I(1) T(1) Y(4)
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Definition

/nΙͺˈsΙ›sΙ™ti/
noun
  1. The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
    “I bought a new table out of necessity. My old one was ruined.”
  2. The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack
  3. Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.
    “A tent is a necessity if you plan on camping.”
  4. Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power
  5. The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.

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