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noun
An act or course of action that is demanded of one, as by position, custom, law, or religion
Synonyms: responsibilities, duties, charges, burdens, obligations, musts, imperatives, commitments
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noun
The condition of being extremely poor
Synonyms: wants, privations
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noun
Anything that is necessary but lacking
Synonyms: wants, inadequacies, insufficiencies, exigencies, demands, shortages
Antonyms: comforts, luxuries, fortunes
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noun
A condition requiring relief
Synonyms: necessaries, necessities, requirements, demands, requisites, preconditions, wants, motives, conditions, exigencies, calls, desiderata, musts, urgencies, essentials, compulsions, prerequisites, obligations, motivations
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verb
Require as useful, just, or proper
Synonyms: requires, wants, lacks, necessitates, yearns, obliges, involves, thirsts, demands, takes, pinches, hungers, hankers, postulates, distresses, desires, asks, craves, misses
Antonyms: holds, owns
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noun
A condition in which something necessary or desirable is required or wanted
Synonyms: necessities, exigencies
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adverb
In such a manner as could not be otherwise
Synonyms: inevitably, necessarily, of necessity