necessity

/nɪˈsɛsəti/

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

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

The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack

Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.

A tent is a necessity if you plan on camping.

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

The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.

Greater utilitarian good; used in justification of a criminal act.

doctrine of necessity

(in the plural) Indispensable requirements (of life).

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