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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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, CONTINGENCY,

Noun.

[L., to fall or happen to; to touch. See Touch.]

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.

Casualty; accident; fortuitous event. The success of the attempt will depend on contingencies. [See Accident and Casualty.]