implication
Nouns
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(n) something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- his resignation had political implications
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(n) a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
- the significance of his remark became clear only later
- the expectation was spread both by word and by implication
- (n) an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
- (n) a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form "if p then q"; if p is true then q cannot be false conditional relation, logical implication,
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(n) a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
- he was suspected of implication in several robberies