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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intimation \In'ti*ma"tion\, noun [L. intimatio: cf. F. intimation.]
1. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
2. Announcement; declaration. --Macaulay.
They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished. --Holland.
3. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him. --Bp. Burnet.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
intimation
noun
1: an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her" [syn: {hint}, {breath}]
2: a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" [syn: {inkling}, {glimmering}, {glimmer}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
117 Moby Thesaurus words for "intimation": allegory, allusion, arcane meaning, assumption, bare suggestion, breath, broad hint, cast, catchword, clue, coloration, connotation, cue, cue word, dash, evidence, feeling, foreboding, forefeeling, funny feeling, gentle hint, gesture, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, half an idea, hazy idea, hint, hot lead, hunch, idea, implication, implied meaning, import, impression, index, indication, inference, infusion, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intuition, intuitive impression, ironic suggestion, key, key word, kick, lead, lick, look, meaning, mere notion, metaphorical sense, nod, notion, nuance, nudge, occult meaning, overtone, preapprehension, premonition, presentiment, presumption, presupposition, prompt, sauce, scent, scintilla, seasoning, shade, shadow, sign, signal, sip, smack, smattering, smell, sneaking suspicion, soupcon, spark, spice, spoor, sprinkling, strain, streak, subsense, subsidiary sense, suggestion, sup, supposition, suspicion, symbolism, symptom, taint, taste, telltale, tempering, thought, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tip-off, touch, trace, track, undercurrent, undermeaning, undertone, vague feeling, vague idea, vestige, whiff, whisper, wind, wink
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