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Consequence
CONSEQUENCE, n. [L., to follow. See Seek.]
1. That which follows from any act, cause, principle, or series of actions. Hence, an event or effect produced by some preceding act or cause.
Shun the bitter consequence; for know, the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die.
The consequences of intemperance are disgrace, poverty, disease and premature death.
2. In logic, a proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; the conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference; deduction.
Every rational being is accountable to his maker; man is a rational being; the consequence then must be, that man is accountable to his maker.
From this train of argument, the consequence is obvious.
3. Connection of cause and effect; consecution.
I felt that I must after thee, with this my son; such fatal consequence unites us three.
4. Influence; tendency, as to effects. The sense of consequence, in this use, is modified by the words connected with it; as, it is of little consequence, that is, of little importance, small effects will follow; it is of no consequence, of no moment, no effect of importance will follow; it is of great consequence, of great importance, great effects will follow.
5. Importance; extensive influence; distinction; as a man of great consequence in society.
In consequence, by means of; as the effect of.
consequence appears in definitions for these words:
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A-posteriori Abide Advance Advocate Amount Annals Answer Apprehensive Aspirer Association Assumpsit Assumption Assumptive At Attainder Bet Careless Cautious Charge Circumspection Circumspective Collect Collection Collective Conclude Conclusion Connection Consectary Consecution Consecutively Consequence Consequential Consequently Consider Consideration Cord Corollary Corrosion Corruption Counsel Course Critical Deduced Deduction Deductively Deliberate Desponding Discerpible Discourse Discoursive Discursive Dispose Dissuasive Draft Effect Emotion End Ensue Ensuing Erect Error Event Eventual Example Fare Fear Fearful Fearless Flutter Fluxion Forecast Fortunate Freedom Frivolousness Fruit Fusion Go Great Guiltlessness Harvest Hazard Hence Hydrogen Idiopathic Illataive Immaterial Import Importance Important Importing Importless Imprudence Imprudent Inconcludent Inconcluding Inconsequential Inconsiderate Inconsiderately Inconsiderateness Inconsideration Induction Infer Injurious Interested Irresponsible Irritability Irritable Irritation Issue Light Make Manslaughter Matter Minute Mischief Misdemeanor Moment Momentous Moonshine Motion Narration Natural Naturally Necessarily Necessary Necessity Notably Note Oak-apple Obedience Officiate On Original Out Parallax Paralogism Plot Ponder Poverty Prebendary Pregnant Prehnite Privy-seal Prolifical Prudent Pump Purpose Pursuance Pursuant Rare Rashness Ratiocination Reach Real Reason Recollection Redound Reductively Regardless Remedial Repent Repentance Respective Result Resulting Revenge Right Safely Seeing Sequel Significancy Signify Smart So Son Stowage Subsume Superconsequence Supplication Suppose Supralapsarian Sympathize Sympathy Taste Tautology That Then Thereby Thereupon Throb To Ultimate Ultimately Ultimity Uncertain Unconcludent Virtue Wait Want Weight What
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