noun
Possibility
likelihood, chance, odds; see chance 1, possibility 2, probability.
Accident
predicament, incident, emergency, exigency; see accident 2, emergency. See syn. study at emergency.
See contingency in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
Something that may occur or be done:
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