Intimation
Intimation , noun
[Latin intimatio: compare French intimation.]
1.
The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
2.
Announcement; declaration. — Macaulay
They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.
3.
A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him.