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CONSENT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Permission to do something

Example:

he indicated his consent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("consent" is a kind of...):

permission (approval to do something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "consent"):

informed consent (consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the risks involved)

Derivation:

consent (give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to)

consentaneous (in complete agreement)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to

Example:

I go for this resolution

Synonyms:

accept; consent; go for

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "consent" is one way to...):

react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "consent"):

give (consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man)

agree (consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something)

settle (accept despite lack of complete satisfaction)

contract in (consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use)

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

buckle under; give in; knuckle under; succumb; yield (consent reluctantly)

take in charge; undertake (accept as a charge)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

consent (permission to do something)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Formal consent to enter the trial comes from the parent or guardian.

(Assent process, NCI Dictionary)

These evidences of an incompatibility of temper induced Miss Betsey to pay him off, and effect a separation by mutual consent.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He is a truly excellent young man, and we could not refuse to listen to him, but I will not consent to Meg's engaging herself so young.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

With your consent, I trust to have the honor of calling at eleven o'clock the day after to-morrow (Wednesday) morning.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Has not my consent been daily asked by his looks, his manner, his attentive and affectionate respect?

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I shuddered when I thought of the possible consequences of my consent, but I felt that there was some justice in his argument.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

For—you would have thought men would have been ashamed of themselves—no soul would consent to return with us to the Admiral Benbow.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

But can you think that Lydia is so lost to everything but love of him as to consent to live with him on any terms other than marriage?

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

That gentleman having willingly given his consent, the final formalities which led up to these humble tournaments were concluded.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I put you on your honour that you will take no step without my knowledge and consent.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)