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noun

Consequence n.

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."

(Logic) A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.

Chain of causes and effects; consecution. "Such fatal consequence unites us three." "Link follows link by necessary consequence."

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." "A sense of your own worth and consequence."

In consequence, hence; for this cause.

In consequence of, by reason of; as the effect of.

Synonyms: Effect; result; end. See Effect.

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"Consequence" Quotes from Famous Books

... had your letter, Miss Danvers, and I remained at home in consequence. Won't you sit down? What a beautiful day ...

— Frances Kane's Fortune • L. T. Meade

... seeing it had lost its shell, and he shrunk from putting her in the power of the shoemaker again. It cost him much trouble to fix on the place that was least unsuitable. First he put it into the well of the clock-case, but instantly bethought him what the awful consequence would be if one of the weights should fall from the gradual decay of its cord. He had heard of such a thing happening. Then he would put it into his own place of dreams and meditations. But what if Betty should take ...

— Robert Falconer • George MacDonald

... both the action of the organ of sense in consequence of the impact of external objects, and our attention to that action; that is, it expresses both the motion of the organ of sense, or idea, and the pain or pleasure that succeeds ...

— Zoonomia, Vol. I - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin

... ladies, that you will continue to keep John Coachman waiting; that you will continue to give the most satisfactory reasons for keeping him waiting: and as for (9), you will show that you once (on the 1st of April last, let us say,) came to breakfast first, and that you are ALWAYS first in consequence. ...

— Roundabout Papers • William Makepeace Thackeray

... oases," continued Seguin; "and where water can be used to irrigate the soil, luxuriant vegetation is the consequence. You have observed this, no doubt, in travelling down the river; and such was the case in the old Spanish settlements ...

— The Scalp Hunters • Mayne Reid

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