Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Implication \Im`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. implicatio: cf. F.
   implication.]
   1. The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.

            Three principal causes of firmness are. the
            grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of
            component parts.                      --Boyle.

   2. An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed;
      an inference, or something which may fairly be understood,
      though not expressed in words.

            Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the
            king might do, it was a necessary implication that
            there were other things which he could not do.
                                                  --Hallam.

Source : WordNet®

implication
     n 1: something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied);
          "his resignation had political implications" [syn: {deduction},
           {entailment}]
     2: a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred;
        "the significance of his remark became clear only later";
        "the expectation was spread both by word and by
        implication" [syn: {significance}, {import}]
     3: an accusation that brings into intimate and usually
        incriminating connection
     4: a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form
        `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false [syn: {logical
        implication}, {conditional relation}]
     5: a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close
        connection (especially an incriminating involvement); "he
        was suspected of implication in several robberies"