Definition of necessity

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Necessity (n.) The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism..

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Emergency :: Emergency (n.) An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency.
Extremity :: Extremity (n.) The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity..
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..
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..
Nonnecessity :: Nonnecessity (n.) Absence of necessity; the quality or state of being unnecessary.
Exigency :: Exigency (n.) The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency..
Needscost :: Needscost (adv.) Of necessity.
Wide :: Wide (superl.) Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like..
Need :: Need (adv.) Of necessity. See Needs.
Exigent :: Exigent (n.) Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment.
Necessitate :: Necessitate (v. t.) To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.
Necessarily :: Necessarily (adv.) In a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably; indispensably.
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..
Behoove :: Behoove (v. t.) To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally..
Mortality :: Mortality (n.) The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying.
Fatality :: Fatality (n.) The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control..
Goad :: Goad (v. t.) A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates..
Needs :: Needs (adv.) Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; -- often with must, and equivalent to of need..
Free Will :: Free will () The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity.
Fate :: Fate (n.) A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned.
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