

Definition of Contingency


  4. An adjunct or accessory.

Contingency Quotations

New terms used like, 'overseas contingency operation' instead of the word 'war' - that reflects a worldview that is out of touch with the enemy that we face. We can't spin our way out of this threat.
Sarah Palin

Chance doesn't mean meaningless randomness, but historical contingency. This happens rather than that, and that's the way that novelty, new things, come about.
John Polkinghorne

Penelope Lively

When you see John Boehner crying, believe you me, it's because he cannot control, uh, that wild contingency called the Tea Party.
Gwen Moore

Heinz R. Pagels
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Contingency Translations

contingency in Dutch is eventualiteit
contingency in French is contingence
contingency in Spanish is contingencia, eventualidad

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