consequences

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
consequence/ˈkɒnsɪkwəns/

▶noun

• 1 a result or effect.

• 2 [usu. with neg.] importance or relevance.

  ■ dated social distinction.

• 3 (consequences) [treated as sing.] a game in which a narrative is made up by the players in turn, each ignorant of what has already been contributed.

– phrases
in consequence as a result.
take (or bear) the consequences accept responsibility for negative results or effects.

– origin ME: via OFr. from L. consequentia, from consequent-, consequi ‘follow closely’.