[im.pli.ca.tion] n (15c) 1 a: the act of implicating: the state of being implicated b: close connection; esp: an incriminating involvement
2. a: the act of implying: the state of being implied b (1): a logical relation between two propositions that fails to hold only if the first is true and the second is false (2): a logical relationship between two propositions in which if the first is true the second is true (3): a statement exhibiting a relation of implication
3: something implied: as a: suggestion b: a possible significance "the book has political ~s" -- im.pli.ca.tive adj -- im.pli.ca.tive.ly adv -- im.pli.ca.tive.ness n