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- DictionaryNe·ces·si·ty/nəˈsesədē/
noun
- 1. the fact of being required or indispensable: "the necessity of providing parental guidance should be apparent"
- 2. an indispensable thing: "a good book is a necessity when traveling"
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Synonyms: compulsion, destiny, emergency, essential, exigency, extremity, fatality, fate, indispensability, indispensableness, need, requirement, requisite, sine qua non, unavoidableness, urgency, want. Preposition: The necessity of surrender; a necessity for action; this is a necessity to me.