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
Moreover, since both first- and zero-party data are provided voluntarily, they’re built on a foundation of privacy and consent that users and lawmakers increasingly demand.
At the beginning of the school year, San Diego Unified leaders sent out a form to special education families, asking them to give consent for their children to take part in telehealth services.
New Form for Special Ed Students Triggers Parents’ Fears | Will Huntsberry | October 5, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoInvestors didn’t even show much concern when, in early September, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Encore, saying that it had broken the terms of a consent agreement struck in 2015.
Debt Collectors Have Made a Fortune This Year. Now They’re Coming for More. | by Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen | October 5, 2020 | ProPublicaMany consent management platforms and publishers have also decided that they will not send legitimate interest signals to vendors if users decide to hit the “reject all” button.
Publishers and ad tech vendors find Google’s new ‘Limited Ads’ feature to be, well, limited | Lara O'Reilly | October 2, 2020 | DigidayAfter getting consent from volunteers and enrolling them in the trial, you have to give them the vaccine.
Why it’s still unlikely we’ll have a Covid-19 vaccine before Election Day | Umair Irfan | September 30, 2020 | Vox
To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.
Stella laid down her pen with the ready obedience which can be made so baffling when it proceeds from an unconsenting will.
The Second Fiddle | Phyllis BottomeHis gay courage held her unconsenting admiration even while she resented it.
Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West | William MacLeod RaineHe was not for the moment horrible to her unconsenting will.
Old Crow | Alice BrownThe officer was loud and impassioned, the lady firm but unconsenting.
Strange Pages from Family Papers | T. F. Thiselton Dyer
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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