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Contingence
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Contingence
CONTINGENCE
, CONTINGENCY,Noun.
1.
The quality of being contingent or casual; a happening; or the possibility of coming to pass.We are not to build certain rules on the contingency of human actions.
2.
Casualty; accident; fortuitous event. The success of the attempt will depend on contingencies. [See Accident and Casualty.]Definition 2024
contingence
contingence
English
Noun
contingence (plural contingences)
Translations
contingency — see contingency
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
French
Noun
contingence f (plural contingences)
- contingence (all senses)
- (in the plural) contingencies