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1. Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
   "his resignation had political implications"
   - deduction, entailment
    
2. A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
   "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"
   - significance, import
    
3. An accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
    
4. A logical relation between propositions p and q of the form 'if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false
   - logical implication, conditional relation
    
5. A relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
   "he was suspected of implication in several robberies"

Derived forms: implications

See also: implicate, implicational, imply

Type of: accusal, accusation, illation, inference, involvement, logical relation, meaning, substance

Encyclopedia: Implication