Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Indication

Indication , noun

[Latin indicatio: compare French indication.]

1.
Act of pointing out or indicating.
2.
That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness. — Addison
3.
Discovery made; information. — Bentley
4.
Explanation; display. [Obsolete] — Bacon
5.
(Medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies. Opposite of contraindication.