consent
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Definition of consent
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consent
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Other Words from consent
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Synonyms & Antonyms for consent
Synonyms: Verb
accede, acquiesce, agree, assent, come round, subscribe
Synonyms: Noun
allowance, authorization, clearance, concurrence, granting, green light, leave, license (or licence), permission, sanction, sufferance, warrant
Antonyms: Verb
Antonyms: Noun
interdiction, prohibition, proscription
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Examples of consent in a Sentence
Verb
He was reluctant at first but finally consented. refused to consent to the marriageNoun
He did not give his consent for the use of his name in the advertisement. No one may use the vehicle without the consent of the owner.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The rhetoric used in Daygame blogs such as Jamie's is inherently misogynistic and it’s doubtful any of the women featured consented to having their experience documented, pseudonym or not. — Sara Macauley, refinery29.com, "Have You Been Daygamed? The New Method Men Are Using To 'Attract Amazing Women'," 22 Aug. 2019 Under the bill, migrants who do not consent to the test would be deported, Gooden said. — Dallas News, "More secret tape fallout in Texas House, Beto O'Rourke's reboot, Dallas mayor creates crime task force," 20 Aug. 2019 An adjournment cannot take place if both chambers do not consent to it. — Natasha Bach, Fortune, "When Does Congress Reconvene? August Recess, Explained," 16 Aug. 2019 Franken’s hands appear to be practically touching her chest, and Tweeden looks to be asleep—and therefore not consenting to the joke. — Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, "The Case of Al Franken," 22 July 2019 Jefferson died in 1826, Madison in 1836—despite clear evidence both that American slavery was expanding and that African-Americans would not consent to their expatriation. — Nicholas Guyatt, The New York Review of Books, "How Proslavery Was the Constitution?," 6 June 2019 The suspect consented to a search of his residence, where another loaded firearm was located under his mattress in the 200 block of Union Avenue. — Jake Richardson, The Mercury News, "Campbell crime report for the week of Aug. 23," 15 Aug. 2019 Tymnenentyn consented to treatment rather than death: a different kind of a sacrifice for a different kind of collective. — Bathsheba Demuth, The New Yorker, "When the Soviet Union Freed the Arctic from Capitalist Slavery," 15 Aug. 2019 By submitting an entry for any limited release event drawing, the entrant is consenting to accept the position in line at the specific event for which a drawing is taking place. — William Thornton | [email protected], al, "ABC Board to conduct limited release sweepstakes," 31 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
In a one-party setting, so long as either party consents, the recording is lawful. — Michael Mccann, SI.com, "Assessing the Details of DeMarcus Cousins Allegedly Threatening Ex-Girlfriend," 27 Aug. 2019 Some local officials objected to storing these and other sensitive documents on a federal server that other government officials could access without their knowledge or consent, according to the inspector general’s report. — Los Angeles Times, "It was sensitive data from a U.S. anti-terror program – and terrorists could have gotten to it for years, records show," 25 Aug. 2019 These teenagers filed Gravel’s exploratory committee paperwork with the elderly ex-senator’s consent, and only afterward did Gravel decide to actually run for the White House. — Dan Sweeney, sun-sentinel.com, "Mike Gravel ends his presidential campaign, 24 Democrats remain," 6 Aug. 2019 Pollack said other employees who worked under Elbaz's supervision at a call center in Caesarea, Israel, did engage in fraudulent activity without her knowledge or consent. — Michael Kunzelman, baltimoresun.com, "Federal jury in Maryland gets case against Israeli company executive accused of duping investors," 2 Aug. 2019 Given Twitch's strict anti-harassment policy, which does not allow its talent to record others without their knowledge or consent, Beahm was in violation of several different rules. — NBC News, "Dancing tomatoes and llama pinatas? This must be a gaming convention.," 26 June 2019 Snow adds that voice recognition technology is already used across a number of fields—often without individuals’ express knowledge or consent. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "Artificial Intelligence Generates Humans’ Faces Based on Their Voices," 13 June 2019 This revelation follows the news this past March of the larger data breach that showed that Cambridge Analytica had harvested data from the profiles of more than 80 million Facebook users without their knowledge or consent. — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, "Cambridge Analytica Targeted L.L. Bean and Wrangler Customers in the 2016 Presidential Election," 30 Nov. 2018 Someone has inappropriately uploaded old Mark Judge videos without Mark Judge's knowledge or consent. — Emily Bloch, Teen Vogue, "Who Is Mark Judge, Brett Kavanaugh's High School Drinking Buddy?," 2 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'consent.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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