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Exigency vs Obligatory - What's the difference?

exigency | obligatory |

As a noun exigency

is the demands or requirements of a situation (usually plural..

As an adjective obligatory is

imposing obligation, morally or legally; binding.

exigency

English

Noun

(exigencies)
  • The demands or requirements of a situation (usually plural. )
  • An urgent situation.
  • A situation requiring extreme effort or attention.
  • Synonyms

    * exigence * necessity * urgency

    obligatory

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Imposing obligation, morally or legally; binding.
  • an obligatory promise
  • * Richard Baxter
  • if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory .
  • Requiring a matter or obligation.
  • Antonyms

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