Definition for IM-POR-TU'NI-TY

IM-POR-TU'NI-TY, n. [Fr. importunité; L. importunitas.]

Pressing solicitation; urgent request; application for a claim or favor, which is urged with troublesome frequency or pertinacity. Men are sometimes overcome by the importunity of their wives or children.

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