Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

legal consequence

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: legal -con-se-quence
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see legal, consequence.

noun

A particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state or course of things.

Inflected Forms

legal consequences (plural)

Synonyms

legal effect legal effect and consequence

Questions

What does legal consequence mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see legal, consequence.

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