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   corollary

   /kəˈrɒl(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. a proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved.
   • ▪ a direct or natural consequence or result: "the huge increases in unemployment were the corollary of expenditure cuts"

   adjective

   • 1. forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.
   • ▪ associated or supplementary: "the court did not answer a corollary question"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin corollarium ‘money paid for a garland or chaplet; gratuity’ (in late Latin ‘deduction’), from corolla, diminutive of corona ‘wreath, crown, chaplet’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   • O

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   • R

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