01 a. Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise.
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Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise.“Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared.” — Bp. Warburton.
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Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense.(Gram. & Logic)“A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another.” — Whately.“The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously.” — J. S. Mill.