All 3 Uses

consequence
in
A Child Called It
(Edited)

It was made very clear that getting caught sitting or lying down in the basement would bring dire consequences.
Chpt 4

consequences = results
And the consequence was no food.
Chpt 6 *

consequence = result
Each act of child abuse reverberates into the future; when a child gets hurt, we may all suffer the consequences.
Chpt P

consequences = results

Definitions:

(1) (consequence as in: a direct consequence of)
a result of something (often an undesired side effect)
(2) (consequence as in: of little consequence)
importance or relevance
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
In classic literature, consequential may refer to someone with too much feeling of self-importance as when Dickens wrote "Because he's a proud, haughty, consequential, turned-up-nosed peacock."

Self-consequence was used in a similar manner, but is more easily understood by modern readers since important is one of the modern senses of consequence.

Another classic sense of consequent that is similar to importance or significance refers to "material wealth or prominence" as when Jane Austen wrote: "They had each had money, but their marriages had made a material difference in their degree of consequence."