plication n an angular or rounded shape made by folding a plication on her blouse n the act of folding in parallel folds Usage(s) Mussolini, who was denounced by im plication recently by the Archbishop of Canterbury for "Italian atrocities in Ethiopia," last week was directly attacked by the Dean of . His research, he says, has practical ap plication right now. Synonym(s) fold crease flexure crimp bend pleating