requiring UK /ɹɪˈkwaɪə.ɹɪŋ/US /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ.ɪŋ/ noun1 •(no longer used) A requirement.In the days of my sorrow for sin, I fully believed there was in God alone, a rest for the righteous; and no true rest in any other way, than through obedience to his holy requirings. — 1798 formsrequirings