n. - Union or connection; the state of touching or contact.
n. - The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass.
n. - An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.
n. - An adjunct or accessory.
n. - A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected.