consentual

[ kuh n-sen-choo-uh l ]

/ kənˈsɛn tʃu əl /

adjective Law.

involving or carried out by mutual consent: a consentual divorce.

Nearby words

consentaneous, consentience, consentient, consenting, consenting adult, consentual, consequence, consequences, consequent, consequent stream, consequential

Origin of consentual

consent + -al¹, with -u- after consensual, or by association with phonetically similar accentual, eventual, etc.

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