necessitude

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Definition of necessitude in English English dictionary

The state or characteristic of being in need; neediness

Even if she could have faced life without him, she could not go through it all again, the bankruptcy and shame and necessitude.

A relation or connection between people or things.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989

The relation and necessitude is trifling and loose, and they are all equally contemptible; because the mind entertains no loves or union.

A circumstance or event which is necessary or unavoidable, especially because it is a requirement of a social role or natural state of affairs

As Conor Cruise O'Brien has pointed out, this passage has a poignant ring, in light of the probable fact that Burke's father was one of those who betrayed his duty by sacrificing his opinion of eternal happiness to the necessitudes of legal practice.

Necessity

In Popperian terms, it demonstrates the necessitude of public debate.

{n} poverty, want

Necessitousness; want

Necessary connection or relation

Hyphenation

ne·ces·si·tude