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contingence

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Borrowed from Latin contingentia (whence con- + and -ence), from contingēns, present passive participle of contingō (“to make contact with, to be touching”).

noun contingences

  1. countable, uncountable Contact; touching.
  2. countable, uncountable Contingency.

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noun touching

Românăcontact, atingere, tangență

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"contingence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/contingence. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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contingence. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/contingence

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"contingence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/contingence.

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@misc{contingence_2026,
  title = {contingence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/contingence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}