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Intimation

//ˌɪntəˈmeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of intimating.
  2. 2
    a slight suggestion or vague understanding wordnet
  3. 3
    The thing intimated.
  4. 4
    an indirect suggestion wordnet
  5. 5
    Announcement; declaration.

    "They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished."

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  1. 6
    A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference.

    "Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him."

Etymology

From Middle French intimation, from Latin intimatio.

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