2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Consequence \Con"se*quence\, n. [L., consequentia: cf F.
cons['e]quence. See {Consequent}.]
1. That which follows something on which it depends; that
which is produced by a cause a result.
Shun to taste, And shun the bitter consequence.
--Milton.
2. (Logic) A proposition collected from the agreement of
other previous propositions; any conclusion which results
from reason or argument; inference.
3. Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
Such fatal consequence unites us three --Milton.
Link follows link by necessary consequence.
--Coleridge.
4. Importance with respect to what comes after power to
influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank;
distinction.
It is a matter of small consequence. --Shak.
A sense of your own worth and consequence. --Cowper.
{In consequence}, hence for this cause
{In consequence of}, by reason of as the effect of
Syn: Effect; result; end See {Effect}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
consequence
n 1: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous
phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the
rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing
consequences for business" [syn: {effect}, {outcome}, {result},
{issue}, {upshot}]
2: the outcome of an event especially as relative to an
individual; "that result is of no consequence" [syn: {aftermath}]
3: having important effects or influence; "decisions of great
consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is
of more moment that security" [syn: {import}, {moment}]
[ant: {inconsequence}]
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