consent

[ kuh n-sent ]

/ kənˈsɛnt /

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verb (used without object)

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.

noun

permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; 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.

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Origin of consent

1175–1225; (v.) Middle English consenten < Anglo-French, Old French consentir < Latin consentīre (see consensus); (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French, noun derivative of the v.

Related forms

con·sent·er, nouncon·sent·ing·ly, adverbnon·con·sent, nounnon·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

Can be confusedascent assent consent

Synonym study

1. See agree.

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Examples from the Web for consenting

What happens during that time is between two consenting adults.
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This, his lawyers argued, was a “loving relationship between two consenting adults.”
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If two consenting adults want to experiment with coprophilia for example?
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We are consenting adults in an active collaboration for the pleasure and well-being of everyone involved.
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Nothing could exceed the politeness of the parties on my consenting to this arrangement.
The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete|Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
It is by such exaggerations and alarms that all the worst crimes of statesmen have been justified to consenting peoples.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus|G. A. Chadwick
Fancy a sweet girl like Greta consenting to link her lot with mine.
Doctor Luttrell's First Patient|Rosa Nouchette Carey
Before you come, try to forgive me for my 'infinite kindness' in the manner of consenting to see you.
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846|Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
To his life as a whole he was a consenting, contracting party and partner from the moment he was born to the moment he died.
The Education of Henry Adams|Henry Adams

British Dictionary definitions for consenting

consent

/ (kənˈsɛnt) /

verb

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

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

noun

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

Derived Formsconsenter, nounconsenting, adjective

Word Origin for consent

C13: from Old French consentir, from Latin consentīre to feel together, agree, from sentīre to feel

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Word Origin and History for consenting

consent

early 13c., from Old French consentir (12c.) "agree, comply," from Latin consentire "feel together," from com- "with" (see com-) + sentire "to feel" (see sense (n.)). "Feeling together," hence, "agreeing, giving permission," apparently a sense evolution that took place in French before the word reached English. Related: Consented; consenting.

consent

c.1300, "approval," also "agreement in sentiment, harmony," from Old French consente, from consentir (see consent (v.)). Age of consent is attested from 1809.

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