as in permission
the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something
we had to get our neighbor's consent in order to trim the tree from his side
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as in to assent
to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)
refused to consent to the marriage
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Recent Examples of consent
Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Later that year, members of Parliament voted to establish fifteen as the legal age of consent in France.
—Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Melissa Willets, Parents, 9 Apr. 2025
As the largest private landowner in the checkerboard area, the local ranching group consented to the presence of up to 500 horses when the HMAs were first established.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Automated Transcription and Summary Tools like Fireflies, Otter, or Granola can automatically record and transcribe investor calls (with consent), freeing VCs to be fully present during conversations rather than frantically taking notes.
—Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Later that year, members of Parliament voted to establish fifteen as the legal age of consent in France.
—Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
Also, young kids usually don't consent to parents sharing videos of them online, points out Dr. Lilit, adding that a child’s privacy is also being violated.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 9 Apr. 2025
As the largest private landowner in the checkerboard area, the local ranching group consented to the presence of up to 500 horses when the HMAs were first established.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consent
Noun
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To qualify as religious release time, educational instruction must take place off campus, with parental permission and with no public funding.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Some school districts require permission from parents to allow disciplinary paddling in school, while others do not require any communication.—
Christina Erickson,
The Conversation,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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China has built Russia’s defense industrial base, helped Iran provide Russia with one-way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles, and assented as North Korea has sent troops to fight in Europe.—
Kurt M. Campbell,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Apr. 2025
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His representatives soon assented to de Moraes’s orders, including taking down the offending accounts and paying the fines.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Related article Top vaccine official forced out of FDA And Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, who was instrumental in the development and authorization of mRNA vaccines during the Covid-19 pandemic, was forced out of the agency this month.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Roughly 985,000 people used the app to make appointments at a port of entry at the border, with those who entered often permitted to seek asylum and given temporary work authorization.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In an exciting Instagram post on Wednesday (April 9), the West Coast icon and league owner revealed that the eight-time NBA All-Star has agreed to join the BIG3 league for one final season as a professional basketball player.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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From there, the brothers rope in a boozy harmonica virtuoso named Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo), who only accepts the gig after the brothers agree to pay him in Irish beer.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Consent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consent. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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