Consent

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  • intransitive verb. To give assent, as to the proposal of another; agree: synonym: assent.
  • intransitive verb. To be of the same mind or opinion.
  • noun. Acceptance or approval of what is planned or done by another; acquiescence. synonym: permission.
  • noun. Agreement as to opinion or a course of action.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Voluntary allowance or acceptance of what is done or proposed to be done by another; a yielding of the mind or will to that which is proposed; acquiescence; concurrence; compliance; permission.
  • noun. In law, intelligent concurrence in the adoption of a contract or an agreement of such a nature as to bind the party consenting; agreement upon the same thing in the same sense.
  • noun. Agreement in opinion or sentiment; unity of opinion or inclination.
  • noun. A preconcerted design; concert.
  • noun. Agreement; correspondence in parts, qualities, or operation; harmony; concord.
  • noun. In pathology, an agreement or sympathy, by which one affected part of the system affects some distant part. See sympathy.
  • noun. Synonyms Assent, Consent, Concurrence, etc. See assent.
  • To agree in sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; be at one.
  • To agree; yield credence or accord; give assent, as to a proposition or the terms of an agreement.
  • To yield when one has the right, power, or desire to oppose; accede, as to persuasion or entreaty; aid, or at least voluntarily refrain from opposing, the execution of another person's purpose; comply.
  • Synonyms See list under accede. Permit, Consent to, etc. See allow.
  • To grant; allow; acknowledge; give assent to.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit.
  • intransitive verb. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
  • intransitive verb. To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or approval; to comply.
  • noun. Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord.
  • noun. Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence.
  • noun. Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission.
  • noun. Capable, deliberate, and voluntary assent or agreement to, or concurrence in, some act or purpose, implying physical and mental power and free action.
  • noun. Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4.
  • noun. an age, fixed by statute and varying in different jurisdictions, at which one is competent to give consent. Sexual intercourse with a female child under the age of consent is punishable as rape.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To express willingness, to give permission.
  • verb. To cause to sign a consent form.
  • noun. Voluntary agreement or permission
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. permission to do something
  • verb. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
  • Word Usage
    "This language carries to the human mind, with irresistible force, the idea of _two distinct states_ -- one a state of _freedom_, the other a state of _bondage_: in one of which, a person is serving with his consent for wages; in the other of which a person is serving without his _consent_, according to his master's pleasure."
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