The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Result \Re*sult"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resulted; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Resulting.] [F. r['e]sulter, fr. L. resultare,
   resultarum, to spring or leap back, v. intens. fr. resilire.
   See Resile.]
   1. To leap back; to rebound. [Obs.]
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            The huge round stone, resulting with a bound.
                                                  --Pope.
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   2. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have
      consequences; -- followed by in; as, this measure will
      result in good or in evil.
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   3. To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts,
      arguments, premises, combination of circumstances,
      consultation, thought, or endeavor.
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            Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy
            and good life.                        --Tillotson.
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   Resulting trust (Law), a trust raised by implication for
      the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is
      also applied to a trust raised by implication for the
      benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an
      estate, etc. --Bouvier.

   Resulting use (Law), a use which, being limited by the
      deed, expires or can not vest, and thence returns to him
      who raised it. --Bouvier.
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   Syn: To proceed; spring; rise; arise; ensue; terminate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Result \Re*sult"\, n.
   1. A flying back; resilience. [Obs.]
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            Sound is produced between the string and the air by
            the return or the result of the string. --Bacon.
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   2. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any
      course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained
      by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as,
      the result of a course of action; the result of a
      mathematical operation.
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            If our proposals once again were heard,
            We should compel them to a quick result. --Milton.
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   3. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative
      assembly; a resolve; a decree.
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            Then of their session ended they bid cry
            With trumpet's regal sound the great result.
                                                  --Milton.
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   Syn: Effect; consequence; conclusion; inference; issue;
        event. See Effect.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

result
    n 1: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous
         phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod
         was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences
         for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" [syn:
         consequence, effect, outcome, result, event,
         issue, upshot]
    2: a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve
       the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution";
       "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the
       result to four decimal places" [syn: solution, answer,
       result, resolution, solvent]
    3: something that results; "he listened for the results on the
       radio" [syn: result, resultant, final result,
       outcome, termination]
    4: the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists
       only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the
       clause [syn: resultant role, result]
    v 1: issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end;
         "result in tragedy" [syn: result, ensue]
    2: have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the
       silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" [syn:
       leave, result, lead]
    3: come about or follow as a consequence; "nothing will result
       from this meeting"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

159 Moby Thesaurus words for "result":
   accomplishment, accrue from, aftereffect, aftermath, answer, arise,
   arise from, artifact, ascertainment, attend, be contingent on,
   be due to, become of, brainchild, bud from, by-product, child,
   clearing up, close, coinage, come about, come after, come from,
   come of, come out, come out of, come to pass, composition,
   conclude, conclusion, concoction, consequence, consequent,
   corollary, cracking, creation, creature, crowning achievement,
   culminate, decipherment, decoding, denouement, depend on,
   derivation, derivative, derive from, descend from, determination,
   develop, development, disentanglement, displace, distillate,
   distillation, effect, emanate, emanate from, emerge, emerge from,
   end, end product, end result, ensue, ensue from, essence, event,
   eventuality, eventuate, eventuation, evolve, explanation, extract,
   fall out, fare, finding, finding-out, finish, flow from, follow,
   follow after, follow from, follow up, follow-up, fruit,
   germinate from, go after, grow from, grow out of, handiwork,
   hang on, happen, harvest, hinge on, interpretation, invention,
   issue, issue from, legacy, logical outcome, manufacture,
   masterpiece, masterwork, mintage, new mintage, occur, offshoot,
   offspring, opera, opus, opuscule, originate in, origination,
   outcome, outgrowth, overtake, pan out, precipitate, proceed from,
   product, production, prove, prove to be, reason, replace,
   resolution, resolving, resultant, riddling, sequel, sequela,
   sequence, sequent, solution, solving, sorting out, spring from,
   sprout from, stem from, succeed, supervene, terminate, termination,
   track, trail, turn on, turn out, unfold, unraveling, unriddling,
   unscrambling, unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving,
   upshot, work, work out, working, working-out