consent

[ kuhn-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; 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.

OTHER WORDS FOR consent

3 accord, concurrence.

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Origin of consent

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

synonym study for consent

1. See agree.

OTHER WORDS FROM consent

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH consent

ascent, assent, 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|Fortune
It 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 Post
As 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|Fortune
For example, YouTube and Google agreed to pay the FTC a $170 million settlement for collecting personal information from children on YouTube without parental consent.
Is it time for a regulatory revamp in Congress?|Danielle Abril|October 22, 2020|Fortune

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|DAILY BEAST
What 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|DAILY BEAST
The words at issue were when Robertson equated people having sex with animals as the same as sex between consenting gay adults.
The Right’s ‘Duck Dynasty’ Hypocrisy|Dean Obeidallah|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
Homosexual conduct between consenting adults is legal in Turkey, but far from accepted.
Turkey’s Violent Homophobia|John Beck|July 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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 Christophe
Essex 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 Bagwell
We 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 Webb
Flamininus consenting, they separated, after appointing to meet next day on the beach near Thronium.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2)|Polybius
By 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

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 forms of consent

consenter, 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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