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noun (n)

• an indirect suggestion(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  breath, hint
  

  source: wordnet30
• a slight suggestion or vague understanding(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  glimmer, glimmering, inkling
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.(noun)

  source: webster1913