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exigent

[ ek-si-juhnt ]

adjective

  1. requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing.
  2. requiring a great deal, or more than is reasonable.


exigent

/ ˈɛksɪdʒənt /

adjective

  1. urgent; pressing
  2. exacting; demanding
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈexigently, adverb
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Other Words From

  • exi·gent·ly adverb
  • non·exi·gent adjective
  • non·exi·gent·ly adverb
  • un·exi·gent adjective
  • un·exi·gent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of exigent1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin exigent- (stem of exigēns ) (present participle of exigere to drive out, demand), equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + -ig- (combining form of agere to drive) + -ent- -ent
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Word History and Origins

Origin of exigent1

C15: from Latin exigere to drive out, weigh out, from agere to drive, compel
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Example Sentences

For example, the City Council could still impose a hiring freeze at the commission, or even intervene in its spending plans, if it found there were “exigent circumstances.”

Moreover, while the court acted with some dispatch in the immunity case, it was nowhere near as quick as in other exigent cases.

“Texas has demonstrated that even in the most exigent circumstances, it will not allow Border Patrol access to the border to conduct law enforcement and emergency response activities.”

Teachers also have academic freedom — within limits: “It is a fine balance sometimes but one that we are exigent about.”

Police can legally enter a structure without a warrant if there are “exigent circumstance” where someone’s life is in imminent danger or evidence is about to be destroyed.

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