necessity

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Synonyms: necessary, necessitas, unnecessity, needcessity

Antonyms: necessary, necessitas, unnecessity, needcessity

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite}} The quality or state of being [[necessary]], [[unavoidable]], or absolutely [[requisite]].
2. The condition of being needy; desperate need; [[lack]].
3. Something necessary; a [[requisite#Noun|requisite]]; something [[indispensable]].
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. {{rfex|en}}
6. {{lb|en|legal}} Greater utilitarian good; ''used in justification of a criminal act''.
7. {{lb|en|legal|in the plural}} Indispensable requirements (of life).

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