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Definitions of implication:

  • noun:   an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
  • noun:   a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
    Example: "He was suspected of implication in several robberies"
  • 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
  • noun:   something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
    Example: "His resignation had political implications"
  • noun:   a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
    Example: "The expectation was spread both by word and by implication"


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