signified

[Translation of French signifié, past participle of signifier, to signify.]

signified, the conceptual component of a sign, as distinct from its material form, the signifier. The signified, also known in French as the signifié, is the idea conventionally indicated by the signifier, rather than the actual external object or referent (if any).

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
  Synonym: sense