consequences

Noun

Meaning

consequences

plural of consequence

consequences

An old-fashioned parlour game describing the meeting of a lady and gentleman and the ensuing events, each player in turn writing a part of the story, not knowing what the others have written.

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Synonyms

effect impact consequence significance outcome aftermath by-product concomitant corollary brunt reverberation ramification repercussion backwash upshot

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Antonyms

foundation basis origin precursor causation origination

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Phrases with the word

accept the consequences bear the consequences adverse consequences consider consequences deal with the consequences face the consequences

Examples

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. Robert G. Ingersoll

So much worse are the consequences of anger than its causes. Marcus Aurelius

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences. Robert Louis Stevenson

Marriage without love-making means sad consequences and sorrow. Maltese Proverb

Actions have consequences. Finnish Proverb

Every action has its consequences. Indonesian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

consequence of investments consequenceless consequencelessness consequences of actions consequences of deeds consequencing