That which provides a reason or justification

• why

  1. For what purpose, reason, or cause; with what intention, justification, or motive:
  2. The reason, cause, or purpose for which:
  3. On account of which; for which.

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  1. For what purpose, reason, or cause; with what intention, justification, or motive:
  2. The reason, cause, or purpose for which:
  3. On account of which; for which.

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• wherefore

  1. For what purpose or reason; why.
  2. Therefore.
  3. A purpose or cause:

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  1. For what purpose or reason; why.
  2. Therefore.
  3. A purpose or cause:

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• reason

  1. The basis or motive for an action, decision, or conviction:
  2. A declaration made to explain or justify action, decision, or conviction:
  3. A fact or cause that explains why something exists or has occurred:

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  1. The basis or motive for an action, decision, or conviction:
  2. A declaration made to explain or justify action, decision, or conviction:
  3. A fact or cause that explains why something exists or has occurred:

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• occasion

  1. An event or happening, or the time of an event or happening:
  2. A significant event, especially a large or important social gathering:
  3. A favorable or appropriate time or juncture:

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  1. An event or happening, or the time of an event or happening:
  2. A significant event, especially a large or important social gathering:
  3. A favorable or appropriate time or juncture:

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• justification

  1. The act of justifying.
  2. The condition or fact of being justified.
  3. Something, such as a fact or circumstance, that justifies:

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  1. The act of justifying.
  2. The condition or fact of being justified.
  3. Something, such as a fact or circumstance, that justifies:

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• ground

  1. The solid surface of the earth.
  2. The floor of a body of water, especially the sea.
  3. Soil; earth:

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  1. The solid surface of the earth.
  2. The floor of a body of water, especially the sea.
  3. Soil; earth:

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• cause

  1. The producer of an effect, result, or consequence.
  2. The one, such as a person, event, or condition, that is responsible for an action or result.
  3. A basis for an action or response; a reason:

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  1. The producer of an effect, result, or consequence.
  2. The one, such as a person, event, or condition, that is responsible for an action or result.
  3. A basis for an action or response; a reason:

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• call

  1. To say in a loud voice; announce:
  2. To demand or ask for the presence of:
  3. To demand or ask for a meeting of; convene or convoke:

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  1. To say in a loud voice; announce:
  2. To demand or ask for the presence of:
  3. To demand or ask for a meeting of; convene or convoke:

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Something indispensable

• sine qua non

  1. An essential element or condition:

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  1. An essential element or condition:

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• requisite

  1. Required; essential.
  2. Something that is indispensable; a requirement:

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  1. Required; essential.
  2. Something that is indispensable; a requirement:

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• requirement

  1. Something that is required; a necessity.
  2. Something obligatory; a prerequisite.

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  1. Something that is required; a necessity.
  2. Something obligatory; a prerequisite.

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• prerequisite

  1. Required or necessary as a prior condition:
  2. Something that is prerequisite, as a course that is required prior to taking an advanced course.

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  1. Required or necessary as a prior condition:
  2. Something that is prerequisite, as a course that is required prior to taking an advanced course.

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• precondition

  1. A condition that must exist or be established before something can occur or be considered; a prerequisite.
  2. To condition, train, or accustom in advance.

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  1. A condition that must exist or be established before something can occur or be considered; a prerequisite.
  2. To condition, train, or accustom in advance.

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• need

  1. A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved:
  2. Something required or wanted; a requisite:
  3. Necessity; obligation:

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  1. A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved:
  2. Something required or wanted; a requisite:
  3. Necessity; obligation:

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• must

  1. To be obliged or required by morality, law, or custom:
  2. To be compelled, as by a physical necessity or requirement:
  3. Used to express a command or admonition:

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  1. To be obliged or required by morality, law, or custom:
  2. To be compelled, as by a physical necessity or requirement:
  3. Used to express a command or admonition:

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• essential

  1. Constituting or being part of the nature or essence of something; inherent:
  2. Fundamentally important or necessary:
  3. Of, relating to, or being a condition or a disease whose cause is unknown:

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  1. Constituting or being part of the nature or essence of something; inherent:
  2. Fundamentally important or necessary:
  3. Of, relating to, or being a condition or a disease whose cause is unknown:

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• condition

  1. A mode or state of being:
  2. Existing circumstances:
  3. Social position; rank.

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  1. A mode or state of being:
  2. Existing circumstances:
  3. Social position; rank.

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A condition in which something necessary or desirable is required or wanted

• need

  1. A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved:
  2. Something required or wanted; a requisite:
  3. Necessity; obligation:

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  1. A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved:
  2. Something required or wanted; a requisite:
  3. Necessity; obligation:

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• exigency

  1. A pressing or urgent situation:
  2. An urgent requirement; a pressing need:

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  1. A pressing or urgent situation:
  2. An urgent requirement; a pressing need:

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• exigence

  1. Exigency.

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  1. Exigency.

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The state of being required

• prerequisiteness

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• requisiteness

  1. The state or quality of being requisite.

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  1. The state or quality of being requisite.

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• undeniability

  1. The quality of being undeniable.

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  1. The quality of being undeniable.

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• indispensability

  1. The characteristic of being indispensable.

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  1. The characteristic of being indispensable.

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• essentiality

  1. essential quality, fact, or thing

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  1. essential quality, fact, or thing

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• needfulness

  1. The property of being needful or necessary.

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  1. The property of being needful or necessary.

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• obligation

  1. A social, legal, or moral requirement, such as a duty, contract, or promise, that compels one to follow or avoid a particular course of action:
  2. The constraining power of a promise, contract, law, or sense of duty:
  3. A document in which a person binds himself or herself to undertake or refrain from doing a particular act.

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  1. A social, legal, or moral requirement, such as a duty, contract, or promise, that compels one to follow or avoid a particular course of action:
  2. The constraining power of a promise, contract, law, or sense of duty:
  3. A document in which a person binds himself or herself to undertake or refrain from doing a particular act.

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• pressure

  1. The act of pressing.
  2. The condition of being pressed.
  3. The application of continuous force by one body on another that it is touching; compression.

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  1. The act of pressing.
  2. The condition of being pressed.
  3. The application of continuous force by one body on another that it is touching; compression.

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• constraint

  1. The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.
  2. The state of being restricted or confined within prescribed bounds:
  3. One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check:

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  1. The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.
  2. The state of being restricted or confined within prescribed bounds:
  3. One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check:

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• compulsion

  1. The act of compelling.
  2. The state of being compelled.
  3. An irresistible impulse to act, regardless of the rationality of the motivation:

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  1. The act of compelling.
  2. The state of being compelled.
  3. An irresistible impulse to act, regardless of the rationality of the motivation:

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• need

  1. A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved:
  2. Something required or wanted; a requisite:
  3. Necessity; obligation:

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  1. A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved:
  2. Something required or wanted; a requisite:
  3. Necessity; obligation:

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That which is needed

• must

  1. To be obliged or required by morality, law, or custom:
  2. To be compelled, as by a physical necessity or requirement:
  3. Used to express a command or admonition:

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  1. To be obliged or required by morality, law, or custom:
  2. To be compelled, as by a physical necessity or requirement:
  3. Used to express a command or admonition:

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• desideratum

  1. Something considered necessary or highly desirable.

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  1. Something considered necessary or highly desirable.

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• exaction

  1. The act of exacting.
  2. Excessive or unjust demand; extortion.
  3. Something exacted.

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  1. The act of exacting.
  2. Excessive or unjust demand; extortion.
  3. Something exacted.

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• claim

  1. To demand, ask for, or take as one's own or one's due:
  2. To take in a violent manner as if by right:
  3. To state to be true, especially when open to question; assert or maintain:

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  1. To demand, ask for, or take as one's own or one's due:
  2. To take in a violent manner as if by right:
  3. To state to be true, especially when open to question; assert or maintain:

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• fundamental

  1. Of or relating to the foundation or base; elementary:
  2. Forming or serving as an essential component of a system or structure; central:
  3. Of great significance or entailing major change:

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  1. Of or relating to the foundation or base; elementary:
  2. Forming or serving as an essential component of a system or structure; central:
  3. Of great significance or entailing major change:

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• imperative

  1. Necessary or urgent:
  2. Expressing a command or plea; peremptory:
  3. Of, relating to, or constituting the mood that expresses a command or request.

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  1. Necessary or urgent:
  2. Expressing a command or plea; peremptory:
  3. Of, relating to, or constituting the mood that expresses a command or request.

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• demand

  1. To ask for urgently or peremptorily:
  2. To claim as just or due:
  3. To ask to be informed of:

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  1. To ask for urgently or peremptorily:
  2. To claim as just or due:
  3. To ask to be informed of:

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• essential

  1. Constituting or being part of the nature or essence of something; inherent:
  2. Fundamentally important or necessary:
  3. Of, relating to, or being a condition or a disease whose cause is unknown:

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  1. Constituting or being part of the nature or essence of something; inherent:
  2. Fundamentally important or necessary:
  3. Of, relating to, or being a condition or a disease whose cause is unknown:

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• vital part

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• requisite

  1. Required; essential.
  2. Something that is indispensable; a requirement:

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  1. Required; essential.
  2. Something that is indispensable; a requirement:

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• want

  1. To have a strong feeling to have (something); wish (to possess or do something); desire greatly:
  2. To desire (someone to do something):
  3. To request the presence or assistance of:

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  1. To have a strong feeling to have (something); wish (to possess or do something); desire greatly:
  2. To desire (someone to do something):
  3. To request the presence or assistance of:

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• need

  1. A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved:
  2. Something required or wanted; a requisite:
  3. Necessity; obligation:

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  1. A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved:
  2. Something required or wanted; a requisite:
  3. Necessity; obligation:

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The state of being forced by circumstances

• case of life or death

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• inescapableness

  1. The quality of being inescapable.

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  1. The quality of being inescapable.

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• inexorableness

  1. The quality of being inexorable.

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  1. The quality of being inexorable.

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• obligation

  1. A social, legal, or moral requirement, such as a duty, contract, or promise, that compels one to follow or avoid a particular course of action:
  2. The constraining power of a promise, contract, law, or sense of duty:
  3. A document in which a person binds himself or herself to undertake or refrain from doing a particular act.

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  1. A social, legal, or moral requirement, such as a duty, contract, or promise, that compels one to follow or avoid a particular course of action:
  2. The constraining power of a promise, contract, law, or sense of duty:
  3. A document in which a person binds himself or herself to undertake or refrain from doing a particular act.

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• privation

  1. Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life:
  2. An act, condition, or result of deprivation or loss:
  3. The condition of being without a specified quality or attribute:

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  1. Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life:
  2. An act, condition, or result of deprivation or loss:
  3. The condition of being without a specified quality or attribute:

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• destitution

  1. Extreme want of resources or the means of subsistence; complete poverty.
  2. A deprivation or lack; a deficiency.

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  1. Extreme want of resources or the means of subsistence; complete poverty.
  2. A deprivation or lack; a deficiency.

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• extremity

  1. The outermost or farthest point or portion:
  2. The greatest or utmost degree:
  3. Grave danger, necessity, or distress:

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  1. The outermost or farthest point or portion:
  2. The greatest or utmost degree:
  3. Grave danger, necessity, or distress:

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• urgency

  1. The quality or condition of being urgent; pressing importance:
  2. A pressing necessity.

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  1. The quality or condition of being urgent; pressing importance:
  2. A pressing necessity.

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• stress

  1. Importance, significance, or emphasis placed on something.
  2. The relative force with which a sound or syllable is spoken.
  3. The emphasis placed on the sound or syllable spoken most forcefully in a word or phrase.

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  1. Importance, significance, or emphasis placed on something.
  2. The relative force with which a sound or syllable is spoken.
  3. The emphasis placed on the sound or syllable spoken most forcefully in a word or phrase.

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• pinch

  1. To squeeze (something) between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges.
  2. To cause pain or discomfort to (a part of the body) by pressing or being too tight:
  3. To nip, wither, or shrivel:

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  1. To squeeze (something) between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges.
  2. To cause pain or discomfort to (a part of the body) by pressing or being too tight:
  3. To nip, wither, or shrivel:

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• exigency

  1. A pressing or urgent situation:
  2. An urgent requirement; a pressing need:

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  1. A pressing or urgent situation:
  2. An urgent requirement; a pressing need:

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