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

affective meaning allegory allusion arcane meaning assumption bearing coloration coloring consequence denotation drift effect essence extension force gist grammatical meaning hint idea impact implication implied meaning import inference innuendo intension intimation ironic suggestion lexical meaning literal meaning meaning metaphorical sense nuance occult meaning overtone pertinence pith point practical consequence presumption presupposition purport range of meaning real meaning reference referent relation relevance scope semantic cluster semantic field sense significance signification significatum signifie span of meaning spirit structural meaning subsense subsidiary sense substance suggestion sum sum and substance supposition symbolic meaning symbolism tenor tinge totality of associations touch transferred meaning unadorned meaning undercurrent undermeaning undertone value