Definition of Consequence

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Consequence

That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.

Chain of causes and effects; consecution.

Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction.

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Consequence Quotations

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.
Thomas Jefferson

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
Jim Rohn

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
Voltaire

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.
Blaise Pascal

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
Calvin Coolidge

The primary and most beautiful of Nature's qualities is motion, which agitates her at all times, but this motion is simply a perpetual consequence of crimes, she conserves it by means of crimes only.
Marquis de Sade

Schizophrenia may be a necessary consequence of literacy.
Marshall McLuhan

Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers.
Flannery O'Connor

There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people.
Toni Morrison

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.
David Viscott

Consequence Translations

consequence in Dutch is consequentie, gevolg
consequence in German is Folge, Konsequenz, Folge, Resultat
consequence in Italian is successione, consequenza
consequence in Latin is eventus
consequence in Spanish is consecuencia, secuela

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