[n] pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"
[n] insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
[n] 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"
[n] the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity