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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.

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.

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See consent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See consent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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