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unconsent

unconsent noun: lack of consent.

Noun

unconsent (uncountable)

  1. Lack of consent.
    • Unlike contract law, though, tort law focuses on the dark regions of unconsent, revealing how its various types and subtypes range along a scale of justification. Express unconsent – such as the cry “Stop hitting me!” – evokes tort remedies more readily than does mere implied or hypothetical...2017, Tom W. Bell, From the Nation State to Stateless Nations

Origin of unconsent

From un- + consent.

Questions about unconsent

What does unconsent mean?
Unconsent means lack of consent.
What part of speech is unconsent?
Unconsent is a noun.

Words near unconsent in the dictionary

  1. unconsecrating
  2. unconsecration
  3. unconsecutive
  4. unconsensual
  5. unconsensually
  6. unconsent
  7. unconsentaneous
  8. unconsented
  9. unconsenting
  10. unconsequential
  11. unconsequentially

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