consequence /konˈsi-kwəns/

1. That which follows or comes after as a result or inference
2. Effect
3. Importance
4. Social standing
5. The relation of an effect to its cause (logic)
6. Consequentiality
7. (in pl) a game describing the meeting of a man and a woman and its consequences, each player writing a part of the story, without knowing what previous writers have written

To draw inferences

conˈsequent adjective

1. Following, esp as a natural effect or deduction
2. Flowing in the direction of the original slope of the land (distinguished from subsequent and obsequent; geology)

1. That which follows
2. The natural effect of a cause

consequential /-kwenˈshl/ adjective

1. Following as a result, esp an indirect result
2. Significant, important
3. Self-important

consequenˈtialism noun (ethics)

The principle stating that the morality of an action is judged according to how good or bad its consequences are

consequenˈtialist noun

consequentialˈity noun

consequenˈtially adverb

conˈsequently adverb

in consequence (of)

As a result (of)

of no consequence

Trivial, unimportant

take the consequences

To accept the (often unpleasant) results of one's actions

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