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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied);
- Example: "his resignation had political implications"
[syn: deduction, entailment, implication]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Entailment \En*tail"ment\, n.
   1. The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and
      directing the mode of descent.
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   2. The condition of being entailed.
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   3. A thing entailed.
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            Brutality as an hereditary entailment becomes an
            ever weakening force.                 --R. L.
                                                  Dugdale.
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