Shun to taste, And shun the bitter consequence.
--Milton.
2. (Logic) A proposition collected from the agreement of
other previous propositions; any conclusion which results
from reason or argument; inference.
3. Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
Such fatal consequence unites us three. --Milton.
Link follows link by necessary consequence.
--Coleridge.
4. Importance with respect to what comes after; power to
influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank;
distinction.
It is a matter of small consequence. --Shak.
A sense of your own worth and consequence. --Cowper.
{In consequence}, hence; for this cause.
{In consequence of}, by reason of; as the effect of.
Syn: Effect; result; end. See {Effect}.