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consent Definition

con·sent (kən sent′)

intransitive verb

    1. to agree (to do something)
    2. to willingly engage in a sexual act: often in the phrase consenting adult
    3. to give permission, approval, or assent (to something proposed or requested) in opinion
  2. Obsolete to agree

Etymology: ME consenten < OFr consentir < L consentire < com-, with + sentire, to feel: see sense

noun

  1. permission, approval, or assent
  2. agreement in opinion or sentiment by common consent

consent Related Forms
con·sent′er noun
consent Synonyms

consent

n.

assent, approval, acquiescence; see permission.

by common consent

in agreement, in accord, cooperatively, in unison; see unanimously.

consent Synonyms

consent

v.

accede, assent, acquiesce, agree to, concur, approve of, sanction, permit, allow, subscribe to, comply, yield, go along with, give in; see also agree, allow 1, approve 1.

consent implies compliance with something proposed or requested, stressing this as an act of the will; to assent is to express acceptance of or adherence to an opinion or proposition; agree implies accord reached by settling differences of opinion or overcoming resistance; concur implies agreement arrived at formally on a specific matter, often with regard to a line of action; to accede is to yield one's assent to a proposal; acquiesce implies tacit agreement or restraint of opposition in accepting something about which one has reservations

consent Law Definition

v

To acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, to voluntarily comply or yield, to give permission to some act or purpose. See also acquiescence.
age of consent
See age.
express consent
Consent that is clear, definite, exact, and unmistaken.
implied consent
Consent that is not specifically expressed, but that is inferred from one’s conduct.
informed consent
Consent given after being completely advised of the nature, benefits, costs, and risks of a suggested course of action.
consent Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • obtain: We also obtained parental consent for the young people to take part in the project.
  • withhold: The right to give or withhold consent was not and is not extended to nationalists.
  • write: No part of the content of this web-site may be reproduced in any form without the prior written consent of Computer Manuals Limited.
  • deem: These limits are explained in relation to each class of deemed consent.
  • withdraw: The person concerned may freely withdraw consent at any time.
  • seek: Eight out 10 people backed the compulsory use of such data without first seeking consent - provided there were tight rules governing its use.

Adjective modifier

  • informed: Informed consent will be aimed for with all participants.
  • prior: Not to use the boat for business purposes without the prior consent of the Company.
  • written: Landlord must always give his written consent to tenant.
  • listed: The carrying out of works to a listed building without listed building consent.
  • parental: We also obtained parental consent for the young people to take part in the project.
  • explicit: However they will not see you or examine you without your explicit consent.

Noun used with modifier

  • planning: Now with enthusiastic planning consent, work has started.
  • advertisement: If the changes to the shop front include adding or changing a sign or advertisement then you may need to ask for advertisement consent.
  • discharge: The EAW has a good record of monitoring and enforcing compliance with licensed effluent discharge consents.
  • opt-in: Businesses would certainly be well advised to obtain opt-in consent from their customers to protect against the proposed changes in the law.
  • building: The carrying out of works to a listed building without listed building consent.

Possessives

  • landlord: Rent the property to a third party without the landlord's consent.

Preposition: of

  • owner: These terms should not be used in relation to Home Education without the continuing consent of the site owner.

Preposition: for

  • demolition: Conservation area consent consent for the demolition of a building ( or substantial part of a building ) in a conservation area.
consent Quotes

IwasbornaTory, amaTory, and shall dieaTory.Inever yet heard that it was any part of the faith of aTory to take the institutions and liberties, the laws and customs that his country has evolved over the centuries, and mergethem with those of eight other nations into a new-made artificial stateöand what is more, to do so without the willing approbation and consent of the nation.

—Powell, (John) Enoch

The status of 'native' is a nervous condition introduced and maintained by the settler among colonized people with their consent.

—Sartre,Jean-Paul

Nobody cares much at heart about Titian; only there is a strange undercurrent of everlasting murmur about his name, which means the deep consent of all great men that he isgreater than they.

—Ruskin,John

I was the last to consent to the separation, but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power.

—George III

ThepoorestHethat isinEnglandhathalifetoliveaswellas the greatest He, and therefore, truly Sirs,Ithink that every man that is to live under a Government ought first, by his own consent, to put himself under that Government.

—Rainborowe,Thomas

The engineering of consent.

—Bernays, Edward

No man isgood enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

—Lincoln, Abraham

A little still she strove, and much repented, And whispering 'I will ne'er consent'öconsented.

—Rochdale