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age of consent

age of consent noun: the age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse, so that it is not a crime for someone else to have sex with the person.

Noun

age of consent (plural ages of consent)

  1. The age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse, so that it is not a crime for someone else to have sex with the person.
    • In France the age of consent is 15 years of age.

age of consent meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Tagalog

age of consent in Tamil

இசைவுக்கான வயது

age of consent in Urdu

سن بلوغ, سن شعور

age of consent in Kannada

ಸಮ್ಮತಿ ವಯಸ್ಸು

age of consent in Tagalog

an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
gulang ng pagpayag
More languagesFewer languages
age of consent in Persian
سن قانونی

Forms of age of consent

pluralages of consent

Questions about age of consent

What does age of consent mean?
Age of consent means the age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse, so that it is not a crime for someone else to have sex with the person.
What is age of consent in Tamil?
Age of consent in Tamil is இசைவுக்கான வயது. See Age of consent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is age of consent?
Age of consent is a noun.
What is the plural of age of consent?
The plural of age of consent is ages of consent.

Words near age of consent in the dictionary

  1. age like vinegar
  2. age like wine
  3. age limit
  4. age limits
  5. Age of Aquarius
  6. age of consent
  7. age of criminal responsibility
  8. age of discretion
  9. Age of Enlightenment
  10. age of extinction
  11. Age of Fishes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: age of consent (page history and authors); age of consent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); age of consent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); age of consent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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