consequence
/ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/ noun A2- An effect; something that follows a cause as a result.
- An unwanted or unpleasant effect. · I'm warning you. If you don't get me the report on time, there will be consequences.
- consecution; chain of causes and effects.
- conclusion, deduction or inference; the thing concluded.
- Importance, influence, or significance. · My opinions are of no consequence whatsoever to my parents.
Plural consequences
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“Not the slightest, but yet it seems to me a shocking thing that a mere joke should lead to such consequences.”
I had also a commission from the Sultan of Turkey which called for immediate action, as political consequences of the gravest kind might arise from its neglect.
Bingley, in consequence of it, before _they_ did.
Do nothing without a regard to the consequences.
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