Implication and Rebuke

Implication

Implication noun - Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied).

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Rebuke and implication are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rebuke" instead a noun "Implication".

Nearby Words: imply, implicate, implied, implicated, implying

Rebuke noun - An often public or formal expression of disapproval.

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Implication and rebuke are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Implication" instead a noun "Rebuke".

Nearby Words: rebuked, rebuking

little	little implication	little rebuke
unspoken	unspoken implication	unspoken rebuke

Since he, nor anyone, can actually just say it, the implication is left hidden within his rebuke to Bolingbroke, and lets Richard know, coded in metaphor, that his secret is safe.Mowbray: A jewel in a ten-times-barr'd-up chest Is a bold spirit in a loyal breast.

Source: Theatre / Richard II

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