implication

noun6

1. •
   An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
2. •
   A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.

   • Dumping waste in the river will have serious implications for the environment.
3. •
   The act of implicating.
4. •
   The state of being implicated.
5. •
   The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".
6. •
   Logical consequence.