\Con"se*quence\, n. [L., consequentia: cf. F.
cons['e]quence. See {Consequent}.]
1. That which follows something on which it depends; that
   which is produced by a cause; a result.
         Shun to taste, And shun the bitter consequence.
                                               --Milton.
2. (Logic) A proposition collected from the agreement of
   other previous propositions; any conclusion which results
   from reason or argument; inference.
3. Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
         Such fatal consequence unites us three. --Milton.
         Link follows link by necessary consequence.
                                               --Coleridge.
4. Importance with respect to what comes after; power to
   influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank;
   distinction.
         It is a matter of small consequence.  --Shak.
         A sense of your own worth and consequence. --Cowper.
{In consequence}, hence; for this cause.
{In consequence of}, by reason of; as the effect of.
Syn: Effect; result; end. See {Effect}.