Definition of aftermath
1
: a second-growth crop
— called also rowen
2
: consequence, result
stricken with guilt as an aftermath of the accident
3
: the period immediately following a usually ruinous event
in the aftermath of the war
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The first known use of aftermath was in the 15th century
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