Definition of consequence

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Consequence (n.) That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

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Import :: Import (v. t.) To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.
Pregnant :: Pregnant (a.) Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies..
Imprudent :: Imprudent (a.) Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.
Run :: Run (a.) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline..
Consectary :: Consectary (n.) That which follows by consequence or is logically deducible; deduction from premises; corollary.
Fever :: Fever (n.) Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever..
Conclusion :: Conclusion (n.) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism.
Forecast :: Forecast (n.) Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation..
Momentous :: Momentous (a.) Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs..
Bigwig :: Bigwig (a.) A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society..
Considerate :: Considerate (a.) Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims, and feelings of other..
Owing :: Owing (P. p. & a.) Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.; ascribable; -- with to; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices; his failure was owing to speculations..
Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like..
Dependency :: Dependency (n.) That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like..
Sequel :: Sequel (n.) Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin..
Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..
Misconsequence :: Misconsequence (n.) A wrong consequence; a false deduction.
Astigmatism :: Astigmatism (n.) A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistinctness of vision..
Deducible :: Deducible (a.) Capable of being deduced or inferred; derivable by reasoning, as a result or consequence..
Natural :: Natural (a.) Conformed to the order, laws, or actual facts, of nature; consonant to the methods of nature; according to the stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the natural consequence of crime; a natural death..
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