consent

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Permission for something to happen or be done.

   The doctor cannot operate without the patient's written consent.

2. 2
   verb

   To agree to something or give permission for it to happen.

   Her parents finally consented to the marriage.

3. 3
   noun

   Agreement among a group of people about something.

   The decision was made by common consent of all the members.

Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre (“to agree; to assent, consent”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”)

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