Both Uses of
imply
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- Some of those present may perhaps have inwardly noticed it, only to reflect that the anticipation of decay and corruption from the body of such a saint was an actual absurdity, calling for compassion (if not a smile) for the lack of faith and the frivolity it implied.†
Chpt 7
- But, excuse me, conscience implies penitence, and the suicide may not have felt penitence, but only despair.†
Chpt 12 *
Definition:
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(imply) to suggest or say indirectly -- possibly as a logical consequence