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Consequence \Con"se*quence\, n. [L., consequentia: cf. F. cons['e]quence. See Consequent.]

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

    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.

Usage examples of "in consequence of".

I thought that in consequence of fresh arrangements, you were to sail over to New Zealand, and that I was to wait for you on the east coast of the island.

He died, according to the French papers, in consequence of walking so often up to the signal post upon Sepet, to watch the British fleet.

Afterwards they planned a story, which was to account for her disappearance, and by which it was to seem that she had sought an escape in consequence of her aversion to the addresses of the Marquis.

I am suspected by many already, in consequence of the part I have taken against the murder of the late king, and also of the lords who have since suffered.