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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Consequential \Con'se*quen"tial\, adjective
1. Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequent.
All that is revealed in Scripture has a consequential necessity of being believed . . . because it is of divine authority. --Locke.
These kind of arguments . . . are highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. --Sir M. Hale.
2. Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See {Consequence}, noun, 4.
His stately and consequential pace. --Sir W. Scott.
{Consequential damage} (Law) (a) Damage so remote as not to be actionable (b) Damage which although remote is actionable. (c) Actionable damage, but not following as an immediate result of an act.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
consequential
adjective: having important issues or results; "the year's only really consequential legislation"; "an eventful decision" [syn: {eventful}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
130 Moby Thesaurus words for "consequential": absolute, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, big, big-league, big-name, big-time, bigwig, bigwigged, charismatic, charming, clothed with authority, commanding, competent, complacent, comprehensive, consequent, considerable, conspicuous, controlling, deep, derivational, derivative, dominant, double-barreled, duly constituted, earthshaking, effective, effectual, efficacious, eminent, empowered, enchanting, ensuing, estimable, ex officio, exhaustive, final, following, full, governing, grand, grave, great, heavy, heavyweight, hegemonic, hegemonistic, high-powered, imperative, important, in the limelight, influential, intense, irresistible, leading, magnetic, main, major, material, maximum, meaningful, mighty, momentous, monocratic, name, narcissan, narcissine, narcissistic, narcistic, official, outstanding, overproud, overweening, personable, persuasive, plenary, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, puissant, ranking, reputable, resultant, resulting, ruling, self-admiring, self-approving, self-assuming, self-complacent, self-congratulating, self-congratulatory, self-content, self-contented, self-delighting, self-endeared, self-esteeming, self-gratulating, self-gratulatory, self-important, self-loving, self-respecting, self-satisfied, self-sufficient, senior, sequacious, sequent, sequential, serious, significant, smug, strong, suasive, substantial, superior, supreme, telling, to the front, total, totalitarian, vain, vainglorious, weighty, winning, world-shaking
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