'Implication' definitions:
Definition of 'implication'
(from WordNet)
noun
Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications" [syn: deduction, entailment, implication]
noun
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" [syn: significance, import, implication]
noun
An accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
noun
A logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false [syn: implication, logical implication, conditional relation]
noun
A relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement); "he was suspected of implication in several robberies"
Definition of 'Implication'
From: GCIDE
- Implication \Im`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. implicatio: cf. F. implication.]
- 1. The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated. [1913 Webster]
- Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. [1913 Webster]
- Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the king might do, it was a necessary implication that there were other things which he could not do. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'implication'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorption,
- accusal,
- accusation,
- accusing,
- affective meaning,
- allegation,
- allegement,
- allegory,
- allusion,
- arcane meaning,
- arraignability,
- arraignableness,
- arraignment,
- assault,
- association,
- assumption,
- attack,
- bearing,
- bill of particulars,
- blame,
- blameworthiness,
- bloody hands,
- bringing of charges,
- bringing to book,
- broad hint,
- burden,
- censurability,
- censurableness,
- censure,
- charge,
- chargeability,
- citation,
- clue,
- coloration,
- coloring,
- complaint,
- complicity,
- conclusion,
- connection,
- connotation,
- consequence,
- count,
- criminality,
- cue,
- culpability,
- delation,
- denotation,
- denouncement,
- denunciation,
- dirty hands,
- drift,
- effect,
- embarrassment,
- engagement,
- enmeshment,
- entailment,
- entanglement,
- essence,
- extension,
- force,
- gentle hint,
- gesture,
- gist,
- glimmer,
- glimmering,
- grammatical meaning,
- guilt,
- guiltiness,
- guilty conscience,
- hint,
- idea,
- impact,
- impeachability,
- impeachableness,
- impeachment,
- implied meaning,
- import,
- impugnment,
- imputation,
- inclusion,
- incrimination,
- inculpation,
- index,
- indication,
- indictability,
- indictableness,
- indictment,
- inference,
- information,
- inkling,
- innuendo,
- insinuation,
- intension,
- intimation,
- involution,
- involvement,
- ironic suggestion,
- kick,
- lawsuit,
- laying of charges,
- lexical meaning,
- literal meaning,
- look,
- meaning,
- metaphorical sense,
- nod,
- nuance,
- nudge,
- occult meaning,
- onus,
- overtone,
- peccancy,
- pertinence,
- pith,
- plaint,
- point,
- practical consequence,
- presumption,
- presupposition,
- prompt,
- prosecution,
- purport,
- range of meaning,
- real meaning,
- red-handedness,
- reference,
- referent,
- relation,
- relevance,
- reprehensibility,
- reproach,
- reproachableness,
- reprovability,
- reprovableness,
- scent,
- scope,
- semantic cluster,
- semantic field,
- sense,
- sign,
- signal,
- significance,
- signification,
- significatum,
- signifie,
- span of meaning,
- spirit,
- spoor,
- structural meaning,
- subsense,
- subsidiary sense,
- substance,
- subsumption,
- suggestion,
- suit,
- sum,
- sum and substance,
- supposition,
- suspicion,
- symbolic meaning,
- symbolism,
- symptom,
- taxing,
- telltale,
- tenor,
- tinge,
- totality of associations,
- touch,
- track,
- transferred meaning,
- true bill,
- unadorned meaning,
- undercurrent,
- undermeaning,
- undertone,
- unspoken accusation,
- value,
- veiled accusation,
- whisper,
- wink