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noun
absence, conatus, dearth, default, defect, deficiency, deficit, desideratum, desire, destitution, distress, exigency, impoverishment, insufficiency, lack, meagerness, necessitude, necessity, need, needfulness, neediness, paucity, pauperism, pennilessness, privation, request, requirement, requisition, scarcity, shortness, shortage
associated concepts: want of capacity, want of consideration, want of jurisdiction, want of knowledge
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verb
be deficient in, be desirous, be destitute of, be found wanting, be without, covet, crave, desiderate, desire, fancy, feel the lack of, have occasion for, hope for, lack, like, long for, miss, need, request, require, stand in need of, will, wish
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index
absence (omission), conatus, dearth, deficiency, desideratum, desire (noun), desire (verb), exigency, failure (falling short), foible, indigence, insufficiency, lack, market (demand), need (deprivation), need, paucity, poverty, privation, request, require (need), requirement, requisition, will (desire)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
- want
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The absence or deficiency of what is needed or desired.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
- want
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The absence or deficiency of what is needed or desired.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.