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consenting

consenting is the present participle and gerund of consent.

Adjective

consenting (comparative more consenting, superlative most consenting)

  1. Giving consent; agreeing to something.
    • The law prohibits payment for sex, even between consenting adults.
    Synonyms:
    favorable
    Antonyms:
    unconsenting
  2. Done with the consent of all parties involved.
    • consenting sex
    Antonyms:
    unconsenting

Meaning of consent

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.
    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

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Synonyms of consenting

Antonyms

Forms of consenting

comparativemore consenting
superlativemost consenting

Words formed from consenting

Phrases with consenting

Questions about consenting

What does consenting mean?
Consenting means giving consent; agreeing to something.
What is consenting the present participle and gerund of?
Consenting is the present participle and gerund of consent.
What part of speech is consenting?
Consenting is an adjective.

Words near consenting in the dictionary

  1. consentful
  2. consentfully
  3. consentience
  4. consentient
  5. consentiently
  6. consenting
  7. consenting adult
  8. consenting adults
  9. consentingly
  10. consentingness
  11. consentless

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