1 [U] ~ (to sth) permission to do sth, especially given by sb in authority:
Children under 16 cannot give consent to medical treatment. * The written consent of a parent is required. * to refuse / withhold your consent * He is charged with taking a car without the owner's consent.
seealsoAGEOFCONSENT
2 [U] agreement about sth:
She was chosen as leader by common consent (= everyone agreed to the choice). * By mutual consent they didn't go out (= they both agreed not to).
3 [C] an official document giving permission for sth
verb ~ (to sth) (rather formal) to agree to sth or give your permission for sth:
[V] When she told them what she intended they readily consented. * He reluctantly consented to his daughter's marriage. * [Vtoinf] She finally consented to answer our questions.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for consent is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is consent a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, consent is tagged as noun.
Does consent appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — consent appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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