All 5 Uses of
consequence
in
Throne of Glass
- When you are king, you will understand consequences.†
p. 49.2 *consequences = results
- If you court her, the consequences will not be pleasant.†
p. 49.8
- Sometimes with devastating consequences, as she'd learned that summer with the Silent Assassins of the Red Desert.†
p. 101.3
- "I'll go," he said at last, stopping himself from wondering if he could actually risk it—risk his father's and Chaol's wrath, and what might happen if he decided to damn the consequences.†
p. 148.6
- Consequences be damned.†
p. 301.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(consequence as in: a direct consequence of) a result of something (often an undesired side effect)
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(2)
(consequence as in: of little consequence) importance or relevance
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) 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."