entailment
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)“his resignation had political implications”Synonyms: deductionimplication
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Entailment \En*tail"ment\, n.
1.The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent. [1913 Webster]
2.The condition of being entailed. [1913 Webster]
3.A thing entailed. [1913 Webster]
Brutality as an hereditary entailment becomes an ever weakening force.— R. L. Dugdale.[1913 Webster]