necessities

/nɪˈsɛsətiz/

IPA: /N AH0 S EH1 S IH0 T IY0 Z/

noun

1
The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
“I bought a new table out of necessity. My old one was ruined.”
2
The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack
3
Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.
“A tent is a necessity if you plan on camping.”
4
Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power
5
The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.
6
Greater utilitarian good; used in justification of a criminal act.
“doctrine of necessity”
7
(in the plural) Indispensable requirements (of life).

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