Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Intimation"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Intimation \In`ti*ma"tion\, n. [L. intimatio: cf. F.
intimation.]
1. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.

2. Announcement; declaration. --Macaulay.

They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever
killed a stork, should be banished. --Holland.

3. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a
remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only
intimations of his design.

Without mentioning the king of England, or giving
the least intimation that he was sent by him. --Bp.
Burnet.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

intimation
n 1: an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever
touched her" [syn: {hint}, {breath}]
2: a slight suggestion; "he had no inkling what was about to
happen" [syn: {inkling}]

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