Intimation /(?)/

In·ti·ma·tion

Intimation

n.
  1. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
  2. Announcement; declaration.
    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.