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consent

[kuhn-sent]

  1. to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (often followed by to or an infinitive).

    He consented to the proposal. We asked her permission, and she consented.

  2. Archaic.to agree in sentiment, opinion, etc.; be in harmony.



  1. permission, approval, or agreement; sanction; acquiescence.

    He gave his consent to the marriage.

    Synonyms: ,
  2. agreement in sentiment, opinion, a course of action, etc..

    By common consent he was appointed official delegate.

  3. Archaic.accord; concord; harmony.

consent

/ əˈɛԳ /

  1. to give assent or permission (to do something); agree; accede

  2. obsolete(intr) to be in accord; agree in opinion, feelings, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
  1. acquiescence to or acceptance of something done or planned by another; permission

  2. accordance or harmony in opinion; agreement (esp in the phrase with one consent )

  3. the lowest age at which the law recognizes the right of a person to consent to sexual intercourse

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • consenter noun
  • consentingly adverb
  • nonconsent noun
  • nonconsenting adjective
  • preconsent noun
  • reconsent verb (used without object)
  • unconsenting adjective
  • DzˈԳٱ noun
  • DzˈԳپԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of consent1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English verb consenten, concenten, from Anglo-French, Old French consentir, from Latin DzԲԳī “to join or share a feeling; concur”; noun derivative of the verb; consensus
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Word History and Origins

Origin of consent1

C13: from Old French consentir, from Latin DzԲԳī to feel together, agree, from Գī to feel
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Synonym Study

See agree.
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Example Sentences

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She added she feels the need to let women know, "they deserve to be treated fairly, they deserve consent and the right to their own bodies".

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A president last deployed the National Guard without a governor's consent more than 50 years ago - during the civil rights era.

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“Instead, Mr. Avenatti misappropriated my funds, and he dictated my fate without my consent, based on choices that he made.”

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The case centres on the question of parental responsibility, and whether the parents acted unlawfully by sending their son to boarding school without his consent.

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Prodded by lawsuits and consent decrees, the once-mostly white department has grown to become more than half Latino, which more or less mirrors the city’s demographics.

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