Connotation and Intimation

noun

• What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression.
  • synonyms: intension
• An idea that is implied or suggested. .

(n.) The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

noun

• An indirect suggestion.
  • usage: "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"
  • synonyms: hint, breath
• A slight suggestion or vague understanding.
  • usage: "he had no inkling what was about to happen"
  • synonyms: inkling, glimmering, glimmer

• (n.) The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
• (n.) A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
• (n.) Announcement; declaration.