urgency

noun

1. 1

   pressing importance requiring speedy action

   the urgency of his need

2. 2

   insistent solicitation and entreaty

   his importunity left me no alternative but to agree

3. 3

   an urgent situation calling for prompt action

   I'll be there, barring any urgencies

   they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs

4. 4

   the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity