n. | 1. | Union or connection; the state of touching or contact. |
2. | The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass. | |
3. | An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance. | |
4. | An adjunct or accessory. | |
5. | (Law) A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected. |
Noun | 1. | contingency - a possible event or occurrence or result Synonyms: contingence, eventuality |
2. | contingency - the state of being contingent on something |