urgency

Noun

• insistent solicitation and entreaty
  • his importunity left me no alternative but to agree
    

• 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
    

• pressing importance requiring speedy action
  • the urgency of his need
    

• the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  importunity , urging