What is the meaning of necessity?

noun

  • The condition of being essential or indispensable.
  • Anything indispensable.
    • usage: "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"
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