Learn English – Any synonyms for “requiredness”

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I need to reduce "Is it required?" to a single word for an input label in a web form and also for a column name in the database. Any suggestions what to name the field?

Enter field name |____________|

Requiredness <radio-field>
O YES
O No
O Recommended

.

+--------------+--------------+--------------+
               |              |Requiredness  |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+
               |              |yes           |
               |              |no            |
               |              |recommended   |

Is Requiredness a right word here? Any more suggestions?

Best Answer

Consider necessity, from ODO

The state or fact of being required

the necessity of providing parental guidance:

It is a synonym of requiredness, from ODO

The fact or quality of being required; necessity, obligatoriness

I'm no programmer, but requiredness is okay to be used for this purpose. Here's an example from IBM site.

Or simply using required would be fine.

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