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consent

Syllables: con·sentUK/kənˈsɛnt/

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Australia/kənˈsent/

consent verb: to express willingness, to give permission.

Verb

consent (third-person singular simple present consents, present participle consenting, simple past and past participle consented)

  1. (intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.
    • After reflecting a little bit, I've decided to consent to her practising the piano in the house.
    • My poverty, but not my will, consents.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    Antonyms:
    disagree, object, oppose
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To cause to sign a consent form.
    • When the patient was consented to enter the study and registered, a telephone call was made to research assistant2002, T Usmani with KD O'Brien, HV Worthington, S Derwent, et al., “A randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of canine lacebacks with reference to canine tip”, in Journal of...
  3. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
    • Interpreters […] will not consent it to be a true story.1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC
  4. (intransitive) To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
    • And Saul was consenting unto his death.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 8:1
    • Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in judgment.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Noun

consent (countable and uncountable, plural consents)

  1. (intransitive) Voluntary agreement or permission.
    • All men know by experience, there be some parts of our bodies which often without any consent of ours doe stirre, stand, and lye down againe.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 6, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.
    • And they all with one consent began to make excuse.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 14:18
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) Advice; counsel.

consent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

consent in Hindi

to express willingness
सहमति sahamti
voluntary agreement
सहमति sahamti

consent in Tamil

voluntary agreement
சம்மதம் cammatam

consent in Urdu

consent
اجازت ijāzat, اذن izn, رضا razā

consent in Bengali

voluntary agreement
ইজাব ijab
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consent in Telugu
అంగీకారం aṅgīkāraṁ, సమ్మతి sammati, అంగీకరించు aṅgīkariñcu, సమ్మతించు sammatiñcu
consent in Malayalam
സമ്മതിക്കുക sammatikkuka, സമ്മതം sammataṁ
consent in Kannada
ಒಪ್ಪಿಗೆ oppige, ಅನುಮತಿ anumati, ಮೆಚ್ಚು meccu
consent in Punjabi
ਸਹਿਮਤੀ
consent in Gujarati
રજા rajā
consent in Odia
ରାଜି rāji
consent in Sanskrit
श्रद्दधाति śraddadhāti, समि sami
consent in Pashto
هوکړه Hokṛa
consent in Arabic
رَضِيَ raḍiya, وَافَقَ wāfaqa, رِضًا riḍan
consent in Indonesian
setuju, rela, persetujuan
consent in Persian
رضایت rezâyat
consent in Thai
ตกลง dtòk-long
consent in Vietnamese
đồng ý, sự đồng ý

Examples of consent in a sentence

  • In France the age of consent is 15 years of age.
  • The man was arrested for touching a girl without her consent.
  • Most western countries have repealed laws against homosexual activity between consenting adults.

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Synonyms of consent

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Antonyms

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Forms of consent

Verb
third-person singular presentconsents
present participleconsenting
past participleconsented
pastconsented
second-person singular present (archaic)consentest
second-person singular past (archaic)consentedst
third-person singular present (archaic)consenteth
Noun
pluralconsents

Past tense of consent: consented

Origin of consent

Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre (“to agree; to assent, consent”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”) (whence con-).

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Questions about consent

What does consent mean?
Consent means to express willingness, to give permission.
What is consent in Hindi?
Consent in Hindi is सहमति (sahamti). See Consent meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is consent?
Consent can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce consent?
Consent is pronounced /kənˈsɛnt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of consent?
The past tense of consent is consented.

Words near consent in the dictionary

  1. consensus trance
  2. consensus trances
  3. consensused
  4. consensuses
  5. consensusing
  6. consent
  7. consent decree
  8. consent decrees
  9. consent of the governed
  10. consent or pay
  11. consent search

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: consent (page history and authors); اجازت (Urdu) (page history and authors); అంగీకరించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಅನುಮತಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); consent (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); રજા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ରାଜି (Odia) (page history and authors); श्रद्दधाति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); هوکړه (Pashto) (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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