(noun) That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
"If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind."
"It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts."
"How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it."
"One of the consequences of such notions as ‘entitlements’ is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence."