implication Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
    deduction; entailment.
    • his resignation had political implications
  2. noun a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
    import; significance.
    • the significance of his remark became clear only later
    • the expectation was spread both by word and by implication
  3. noun an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
  4. noun a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false
    logical implication; conditional relation.
  5. noun a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
    • he was suspected of implication in several robberies

WordNet

Im`pli*ca"tion noun
Etymology
L. implicatio: cf. F. implication.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913