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What is "exigent" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does exigent mean in English? Meaning of exigent definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "exigent" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "exigent": demanding attention

Adjective

  • Meaning: demanding attention
  • Example: clamant needs a crying need regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous insistent hunger an instant need
  • Synonyms: clamant crying exigent insistent instant
  • Similar: imperative

    • Meaning of "exigent": requiring precise accuracy

    Adjective

  • Meaning: requiring precise accuracy
  • Example: an exacting job became more exigent over his pronunciation
  • Synonyms: exacting exigent
  • Similar: demanding
  • Adjective: Urgent; needing immediate action. 2003, Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations, 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.2003, Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations, 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.

    • Synonyms:

    acute, burning, clamant, clamorous, critical, crucial, crying, imperative, importunate, insistent, instant, menacing, necessary, threatening, needful, constraining, arduous, burdensome, demanding, exacting, grievous, hard, harsh, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, severe, stiff, strict, stringent, tough, weighty, superincumbent,

    Antonyms:

    usual, facile, ordinary, easy, unpressured, usual, facile, ordinary, easy, unpressured,

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    exigent in English: exigent
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