implication

Noun

• a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
  • he was suspected of implication in several robberies
    

• a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false

• an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection

• 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
    

• something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
  • his resignation had political implications
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  logical implication , conditional relation , significance , import , deduction , entailment