Urgency
WordNet
noun
(1) Pressing importance requiring speedy action
"The urgency of his need"
(2) Insistent solicitation and entreaty
"His importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
(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) The state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.