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contingence

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of contingence

something that might happen

  • the collapse of that nation's economy was one contingence that the architects of the war hadn't planned on
Synonyms of contingence

case, contingency, contingent, event, eventuality, possibility
Words Related to contingence

probability

accident, chance, hap, hazard, risk

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