Consequence

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Chain of causes and effects; consecution.

II. Consequence ·noun That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

III. Consequence ·noun Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction.

IV. Consequence ·noun A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.