Conjuncture

Definitions

1. A combination of events or circumstances; a conjunction; a union.
2. A set of circumstances causing a crisis; a juncture.

Equivalents

Examples

“To be sitting, at so pleasant a conjuncture of one's courses, in oneself, by oneself, that I think⟳ it will freely be admitted is a way no worse than another, and better than some, of whiling away an instant of leisure.”

“[I]n his later years, he [James II of England] repeatedly, at conjunctures such as have⟳ often inspired timorous and delicate women with heroic courage, showed a pusillanimous anxiety about his personal safety.”

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