URGENCY

• (noun) pressing importance requiring speedy action

  "the urgency of his need"

• (noun) insistent solicitation and entreaty

  "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"

  synonyms : importunity , urging

• (noun) an urgent situation calling for prompt action

  "I'll be there, barring any urgencies", "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"

• (noun) the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

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