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Indispensable vs Exigent - What's the difference?

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Indispensable is a related term of exigent.


As adjectives the difference between indispensable and exigent

is that indispensable is (ecclesiastical|obsolete) not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules while exigent is urgent; needing immediate action.

As nouns the difference between indispensable and exigent

is that indispensable is a thing that is not dispensable; a necessity while exigent is (archaic) extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency.

indispensable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (ecclesiastical, obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules.
    • The law was moral and indispensable . -Bp. Burnet
  • Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without.
    • An indispensable component of a heart-healthy diet.
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    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal. This only magnified the indispensable nature of the oligopolists.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * dispensable

    Derived terms

    * indispensability * indispensableness * indispensably

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity.
  • (in the plural, colloquial, dated) Trousers.
    • ----

    exigent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Urgent; needing immediate action.
  • * 2003 , , U.S. Department of Defence
    • Article 2 also provides that acts of torture cannot be justified on the grounds of exigent circumstances, such as state of war or public emergency, or on orders from a superior officer or public authority.
  • Demanding; needing great effort.

    • Related terms

    * exigence * exigency * exigently

    Derived terms

    * allocatur exigent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency
  • * 1591 ,
    • These eyes, like lamps whose wasting oil is spent, \ Wax dim, as drawing to their exigent ;
  • * 1611 ,
    • Therefore as one complaineth, that always in the Senate of Rome, [Cicero 5° de finibus.] there was one or other that called for an interpreter: so lest the Church be driven to the like exigent , it is necessary to have translations in a readiness.
  • (obsolete, UK, legal) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry.
    • (Abbott)