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consequences

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con⋅se⋅quence

  [kon-si-kwens, -kwuhns]
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–noun
1. the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier: The accident was the consequence of reckless driving.
2. an act or instance of following something as an effect, result, or outcome.
3. the conclusion reached by a line of reasoning; inference.
4. importance or significance: a matter of no consequence.
5. importance in rank or position; distinction: a man of great consequence in art.
—Idioms
6. in consequence, consequently; as a result; hence: He withdrew from the world, and in consequence was forgotten.
7. in consequence of, as a result of; on account of: A trial was held in consequence of the investigation.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME (< AF) < L consequentia. See consequent, -ence

Synonyms:
1. outcome, issue, upshot, sequel. See effect. 4. moment, weight. See importance.

Antonyms:
1. cause.
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con·se·quence   (kŏn'sĭ-kwěns', -kwəns)   
n.  

  1. Something that logically or naturally follows from an action or condition. See Synonyms at effect.

  2. The relation of a result to its cause.

  3. A logical conclusion or inference.

  4. Importance in rank or position: scientists of consequence.

  5. Significance; importance: an issue of consequence. See Synonyms at importance.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

consequence 
c.1380, from O.Fr. consequence "result," from L. consequentia, from consequentem (nom. consequens), prp. of consequi "to follow after," from com- "with" + sequi "to follow" (see sequel). Sense of "importance" (1602) is from notion of being "pregnant with consequences."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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