Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To give assent, as to the proposal of another; agree. See Synonyms at assent.
- v. Archaic To be of the same mind or opinion.
- n. Acceptance or approval of what is planned or done by another; acquiescence. See Synonyms at permission.
- n. Agreement as to opinion or a course of action: She was chosen by common consent to speak for the group.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- 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.
- n. 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.
- n. 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. Consent of parties is implied in all contracts; hence, persons legally incapable of giving consent, as idiots, etc., cannot be parties to a contract. Persons in a state of absolute drunkenness cannot give legal consent, although a lesser degree of intoxication will not afford a sufficientground for annulling a contract. Cousent is null where it proceeds on essential mistake of fact, or where obtained by fraud or by force and fear.
- n. Agreement in opinion or sentiment; unity of opinion or inclination.
- n. A preconcerted design; concert.
- n. Agreement; correspondence in parts, qualities, or operation; harmony; concord.
- n. In pathology, an agreement or sympathy, by which one affected part of the system affects some distant part. See sympathy.
- n. Synonyms Assent, Consent, Concurrence, etc. See assent.
Wiktionary
- v. intransitive To express willingness, to give permission.
- v. transitive, medicine To cause to sign a consent form.
- n. Voluntary agreement or permission
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
- v. To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or approval; to comply.
- v. obsolete To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit.
- n. Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord.
- n. Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence.
- n. Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission.
- n. (Law) Capable, deliberate, and voluntary assent or agreement to, or concurrence in, some act or purpose, implying physical and mental power and free action.
- n. (Physiol.) Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4.
WordNet 3.0
- n. permission to do something
- v. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
Etymologies
- Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre, present active infinitive of cōnsentiō ("to feel together"), itself from com- ("with") + sentiō ("to feel") (Wiktionary)
- Middle English consenten, from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre : com-, com- + sentīre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“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.”
“Yea, sir, if you deny that the "Declaration" asserts "all men are created equal" in body and mind, then you admit the inequality may be such as to make it impossible that in such cases men have rights unalienable save in their "consent;" and you admit it to be impossible that government in such circumstances can exist in such "_consent_" But, if you affirm the”
“Doesn't informed consent imply that the patient was actually * informed* of all the relevant, reasonable, and legal treatment options before they gave their * consent* to receive, or not receive, a particular treatment?”
“II. i.25 (435,2) If you shall cleave to my consent, Then 'tis,/It shall make honour for you] Macbeth expressed his thought with affected obscurity; he does not mention the royalty, though he apparently has it in his mind, _If you shall cleave to my consent_, if you shall concur with me when I determine to accept the crown, _when 'tis_, when that happens which the prediction promises, _it shall make honour for you_.”
“The Governor replied that I must first obtain consent from the doctors, the doctors insisted that my heart was in a condition to make the routine of floor-washing, plank bed, etc., injurious to me.”
“When our consent is divided special interests gain consent.”
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“Of course, we want this to be with their consent, but where that consent is not forthcoming we do not apologise for granting local authorities powers to secure occupation without the need to obtain consent.”
“And what always usually happens, Wolf, is when the majority can't get 60, you work out what we call a consent agreement under which both sides get to offer proposals.”
“In this way we would get the right of suffrage just as much by what you call the consent of the States, or the States 'rights method, as by any other method.”
“In a sexual exploitation charge, consent is not a defence.”
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chained_bear "With commendable thoroughness the Pathology Department at St Margaret's Hospital set out to take a blood specimen from the dog, but unfortunately omitted the simple step of obtaining the animal's consent. In a brief but dramatic encounter only the dog succeeded in drawing blood."
—Michael Howell and Peter Ford, The Ghost Disease, and Twelve Other Stories of Detective Work in the Medical Field, (New York: Penguin Books, 1985), 96 Sep 10, 2008