consenting adult
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Feldman explains the line between child and consenting adult might be clear in legal terms - but not always in practice: "If you learn throughout your whole lifetime that there are certain things you're allowed to say and think… you become cooperative."
From BBC
“I was always a consenting adult. Nothing inappropriate ever happened before that.”
From Los Angeles Times
"Yes, those video calls did happen, but I was the one to initiate it and never was I underage, I was always a consenting adult. Nothing inappropriate ever happened before that. It was all consensual, I'm not a victim and I have not been groomed in the slightest as I was the one to initiate it," the woman purportedly stated.
From Fox News
"Yes, those video calls did happen, but I was the one to initiate it and never was I underage, I was always a consenting adult. Nothing inappropriate ever happened before that. It was all consensual, I'm not a victim and I have not been groomed in the slightest as I was the one to initiate it," the woman allegedly stated.
From Fox News
I am a consenting adult who can decide for myself who I will and won't associate with.
From Washington Post
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