implication

1. something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

- his resignation had political implications

Definition categories: thought, illation, inference

2. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

- the expectation was spread both by word and by implication

Similar word(s): import, significance

Definition categories: thought, meaning, substance

3. an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection

4. a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false

Definition categories: link

5. a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)

- he was suspected of implication in several robberies

Definition categories: link, involvement

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