2
basic(adjective, significant, essential, vital, fundamental)
2
bounden(necessary, required, obligatory, conclusive)
2
coercive(affected, strained, unnatural, required, compulsory)
2
compulsorily
2
conclusive(set, strict, necessary, required, obligatory)
2
decisive(adjective, set, significant, essential, basic)
2
dominion
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irrevocable(set, strict, necessary, required, obligatory)
2
necessitous(essential, necessary, required, needed)
2
power(strong, energetic, active, vigorous, controlling)
2
province
2
regulation
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sine qua non(expression, idiom)
2
standard
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territory
1
inexorable(adjective, obvious, required, inevitable, inescapable)
1
absolute
1
accepted
1
all-important(adjective, significant, essential, basic, vital)
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ally
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