to consent
121
3.0
- verb
- /kənˈsɛnt/
:
consentir
- But I'm an adult who is able to consent to that or at least understand it.
- consent to participate
- consenting adults
- parents consented
Like this man did not consent to be my thirst trap.
- Like this man did not consent to be my thirst trap.
- And so essentially she began to consent to it.
- But I'm an adult who is able to consent to that or at least understand it.
- So I said, well, infants can't and don't consent.
- That would have meant that they would have had to prove that she did not consent to her rape.
- Do you think like, if it becomes a choice between pigs, pigs who cannot consent can solve this problem?
- Asking players to consent communicates through play values like mutual respect.
- She claims she should not have been allowed to consent to the surgery and these treatments as a minor.
- Hey, do you consent to me showing you my private?
- And I got the brilliant idea to consensually consent Julie push everybody in the pool.
- He can't he he can't make you consent against concealing what's potentially a sexual assault.
Examples
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By returning this questionnaire, you consent to the use of the data in this research project.
Academic text (2008) -
Only after he was settled and well covered up did Evastina consent to open the door.
Fiction book (1996) -
If I release you now, will you consent to remain and speak with me?
Fiction book (1990) -
And so essentially she began to consent to it.
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So one they have to, the user has to consent that the API is being used at all.
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No, there is absolutely no reason not to consent to my mother's wish.
Fiction book (1998) -
The French government could never consent to German troops entering Upper Salasia.
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The moment you consent to my marriage with Gwendolen... I will most gladly allow your nephew... to form an alliance with my ward.
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For as much as these two people have finally... consented together in holy wedlock... and have witnessed the same before God and this company, I pronounce, believe it or not, that they be husband and wife together.
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Before starting the experiment, all participants must consent to the terms and conditions.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Have the same opinion or say yes
793
1.0
To take something someone offers, for example a gift or invitation
531
1.5
To allow someone to do something
489
4.4
To give official permission for someone to do something
4
2.5
To accept the conditions of a contract or service
4
6.6
To agree to a plan or idea, often formally
Compounds
- Formal
16
3.9
Permission a patient gives after understanding a treatment and its risks
- Formal
7
7.3
A court-approved agreement that ends a legal case without the accused admitting guilt
- Formal
6
8.3
The Senate's power to approve or reject the President's choices and agreements with other countries
How Permissive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Consent comes from the Latin parts con- 'with' and sentire 'to feel', and you can see the same root in the word sense. So to consent (verb) is to 'feel together' with someone — to agree or to give permission.