Necessity

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:14 ptsWWF:15 pts9 letters

Definition of Necessity

Noun

  1. The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.

    "I bought a new table out of necessity. My old one was ruined."

  2. The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack.
  3. Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.

    "A tent is a necessity if you plan on camping."

  4. Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power.

    "After eating a full meal, the human body's necessity for food will compel the person to eat again in the future."

  5. The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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