Definition of consequence

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Consequence (n.) Chain of causes and effects; consecution.

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Inconsideration :: Inconsideration (n.) Want of due consideration; inattention to consequences; inconsiderateness.
Consequentially :: Consequentially (adv.) By remote consequence; not immediately; eventually; as, to do a thing consequentially..
Dependency :: Dependency (n.) That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like..
Run :: Run (a.) To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline..
Import :: Import (v. t.) To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.
Importance :: Importance (n.) The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.
Abide :: Abide (v. t.) To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
Tension :: Tension (a.) The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area..
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..
A Priori :: A priori () Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori..
Circumspective :: Circumspective (a.) Looking around every way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger.
Infer :: Infer (v. t.) To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence..
Ex Postfacto :: Ex postfacto () From or by an after act, or thing done afterward; in consequence of a subsequent act; retrospective..
Hemiopsia :: Hemiopsia (n.) A defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object looked at.
Sympathize :: Sympathize (v. i.) To feel in consequence of what another feels; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected..
Demonstration :: Demonstration (n.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions..
Pregnant :: Pregnant (a.) Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies..
Conclusion :: Conclusion (n.) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism.
Narration :: Narration (n.) That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject..
Ultimate :: Ultimate (a.) Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final..
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