(transitive) To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.

That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause. / A result of actions, especially if such a result is unwanted or unpleasant.

An old-fashioned parlour game describing the meeting of a lady and gentleman and the ensuing events, each player in turn writing a part of the story, not knowing what the others have written.

plural of consequence

plural of consequent

(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something; subsequently. / (sequence, obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.

Following as a result, inference, or natural effect. / Of or pertaining to consequences. / (geology) Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.

(logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q." / An event which follows another.

The state or quality of being consequent.

A city, the county seat of Sierra County, New Mexico, United States.