Apodosis Definition

ə-pŏdə-sĭs
apodoses
noun
The main clause of a conditional sentence, as The game will be canceled in The game will be canceled if it rains.
American Heritage
The clause that expresses the conclusion or result in a conditional sentence.
Webster's New World

(logic, grammar) The consequential clause in a conditional sentence.

In "I will be coming if this weather holds up", "I will be coming" is the apodosis.
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Other Word Forms of Apodosis

Noun

Singular:
apodosis
Plural:
apodoses

Origin of Apodosis

  • Late Latin from Greek from apodidonai to give back apo- apo- didonai to give dō- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀπόδοσις (apodosis), from ἀπό (apo, “back again”) and δόσις (dosis, “gift”)

    From Wiktionary

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