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consent

/kənˈsɛnt/

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What does consent mean?

verb

  1. To express willingness, to give permission.
  2. To cause to sign a consent form.
  3. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. Voluntary agreement or permission.
  2. (obsolete) Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.
  3. (obsolete) Advice; counsel.

verb

  1. (obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.

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IPA pronunciation

/kənˈsɛnt/

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Their spirits are so married in conjunction with the participation of society that they flock together in consent, like so many wild-geese.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
For--you would have thought men would have been ashamed of themselves--no soul would consent to return with us to the Admiral Benbow.
Robert Louis StevensonTreasure IslandProject Gutenberg ebook #120
More book examples (3)
All that happened later on in this existence, which was from henceforth so stormy, happened with his knowledge and with his consent.
René DoumicGeorge Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and WritingsTranslated by Alys HallardProject Gutenberg ebook #138
It was her mother and her sister who managed, submitting to the advice and consent of Corey what they intended to do.
William Dean HowellsThe Rise of Silas LaphamProject Gutenberg ebook #154
“It came, in the first instance, from me. And it met, as I have told you, with your son’s consent and approval.”
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155