natural consequences

language: fr

definitions

  1. The direct, unforced results of an action or behavior that occur without external intervention, punishment, or adult management, often used in parenting and education to teach responsibility.
    fr: Conséquences naturelles
  2. The inevitable or logical outcomes that arise directly from a specific situation, event, or decision in a cause-and-effect relationship.
    fr: Conséquences logiques

examples

  1. Instead of punishing him for forgetting his coat, his mother let him experience the natural consequence of being cold.

    Au lieu de le punir pour avoir oublié son manteau, sa mère l'a laissé subir la conséquence naturelle d'avoir froid.

  2. The economic recession was one of the natural consequences of the sudden market crash.

    La récession économique était l'une des conséquences naturelles de l'effondrement soudain du marché.