intimation

noun

1. The act of intimating.
2. The thing intimated.
3. Announcement; declaration.

   “They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.”

4. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference.

   “Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him.”

   “At length, perchance, the immaterial heaven will appear as much higher to the American mind, and the intimations that star it as much brighter.”

   “And actually I had important intimations to communicate as he faced the end. But intimations weren't much use.”