consent
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.
Archaic. to agree in sentiment, opinion, etc.; be in harmony.
permission, approval, or agreement; sanction; acquiescence: He gave his consent to the marriage.
agreement in sentiment, opinion, a course of action, etc.: By common consent he was appointed official delegate.
Archaic. accord; concord; harmony.
Origin of consent
1synonym study For consent
Other words for consent
Other words from consent
- con·sent·er, noun
- con·sent·ing·ly, adverb
- non·con·sent, noun
- non·con·sent·ing, adjective, noun
- pre·con·sent, noun, verb (used without object)
- re·con·sent, verb (used without object)
- un·con·sent·ing, adjective
Words that may be confused with consent
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How to use consent in a sentence
According to NOYB, even when this change materializes, it will not be enough to keep Apple on the right side of the law—because it won’t stop the company itself from tracking users without their explicit consent.
Apple’s user tracking prompts privacy complaint from Facebook nemesis Max Schrems | David Meyer | November 16, 2020 | FortuneIt says SROs must obtain written consent to access a student’s education records from a parent or guardian if the child is 18 or older.
Alexandria City Public Schools approves revisions to contract with police | Hannah Natanson | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostAs an industry, we need to approach consent with user experience and innovation in mind—not compliance.
Those ‘accept cookies’ banners on websites undermine your privacy—but they can be fixed | jakemeth | October 27, 2020 | FortuneFor example, YouTube and Google agreed to pay the FTC a $170 million settlement for collecting personal information from children on YouTube without parental consent.
If you’ve ever used a 23andMe ancestry spit kit and provided consent for your data to be used for large genomic studies, you’ve benefited from those guidelines.
Can We Trust AI Doctors? Google Health and Academics Battle It Out | Shelly Fan | October 20, 2020 | Singularity Hub
And why should sex between consenting adults result in life imprisonment?
The U.N.’s Next President Is a Gay-Hating Friend of Uganda’s Corrupt Dictator | Jay Michaelson | June 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat happens during that time is between two consenting adults.
Sex, Power, and Desire: The Life of America’s Next Top Escort | Scott Bixby | March 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe words at issue were when Robertson equated people having sex with animals as the same as sex between consenting gay adults.
He believes marriage should be only between consenting adults with opposing reproductive organs.
Mark Levin-Ron Johnson Fight Explains the Shutdown Perfectly | Pete Dominick | October 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHomosexual conduct between consenting adults is legal in Turkey, but far from accepted.
He watched over and protected the misguided woman, consenting to act as godfather to the child she had by Lousteau.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheEssex consenting to a parley, Tirlogh supposed that he had gained his point, and insisted on Sorley being a party.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard BagwellWe might as well run a hospital on the plan of never consenting to admit any case until mortification had set in!
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney WebbFlamininus consenting, they separated, after appointing to meet next day on the beach near Thronium.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) | PolybiusBy consenting to everything demanded of her, she had a chance of saving her husband from suffering and disgrace.
File No. 113 | Emile Gaboriau
British Dictionary definitions for consent
/ (kənˈsɛnt) /
to give assent or permission (to do something); agree; accede
(intr) obsolete to be in accord; agree in opinion, feelings, etc
acquiescence to or acceptance of something done or planned by another; permission
accordance or harmony in opinion; agreement (esp in the phrase with one consent)
age of consent the lowest age at which the law recognizes the right of a person to consent to sexual intercourse
Origin of consent
1Derived forms of consent
- consenter, noun
- consenting, adjective
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