implication

Synonyms

connect associate charge criminate involve entangle infold compromise

Antonyms

disconnect dissociate acquit extricate

Im`pli*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. implicatio: cf. F. implication.] 1. The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated. Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. Boyle. 2. An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the king might do, it was a necessary implication that there were other things which he could not do. Hallam.

implication - Similar Words

plication simplification triplication complication dimication ampliation inapplication amplification replication publication