consent

Consent means to agree to do something or to give permission.

(verb)

An example of consent is for a parent to sign a permission slip for his child to go on a field trip.

The definition of consent is the permission given for something.

(noun)

An example of consent is a parent's approval of her teenage daughter spending time with her new boyfriend.

See consent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

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

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

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See consent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb con·sent·ed, con·sent·ing, con·sents

noun

Acceptance or approval of what is planned or done by another; acquiescence. See Synonyms at permission.
Agreement as to opinion or a course of action: She was chosen by common consent to speak for the group.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English consenten

Origin: , from Old French consentir

Origin: , from Latin cōnsentīre

Origin: : com-, com-

Origin: + sentīre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots

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