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
Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
In 1776, when King George tried to seize illegitimate control over the colonists by taxing them without their consent, the citizenry launched the American Revolutionary War.
—David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
Access to private areas of a business, such as a kitchen or staff break room, requires a warrant signed by a judge or consent from the business because of the Fourth Amendment, according to the National Immigration Law Center (NILC).
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
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Noun
First lady Melania Trump called out congressional Democrats during a Capitol Hill Roundtable on Monday afternoon over a bill that would criminalize the sharing of intimate imagery online without consent.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
In 1776, when King George tried to seize illegitimate control over the colonists by taxing them without their consent, the citizenry launched the American Revolutionary War.
—David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
This will surely come across in these hearings if senators take seriously their responsibility to advise and consent on the president’s cabinet-level selections.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
Access to private areas of a business, such as a kitchen or staff break room, requires a warrant signed by a judge or consent from the business because of the Fourth Amendment, according to the National Immigration Law Center (NILC).
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consent
Noun
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Alas for true love and territorial aspirations, on his way back to St. Petersburg for further orders and permission to marry, Rezanov got sick, again and again, and finally died after falling from his horse.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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Excerpted by permission of Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.—
Ana Calderone,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Ramaphosa assented to the law on Jan. 23 after five years of public consultation and parliamentary debate.—
Chad de Guzman,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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But the Lebanese government requested the move, and the majority of the Lebanese parliament was ready to assent to the court.—
William Harris,
Foreign Affairs,
30 June 2011
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All the mayors, Johnson included, were effective in arguing that their cities’ law enforcement officers cooperate routinely with the feds in enforcing criminal warrants for people in the country without authorization.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Mar. 2025
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Without authorization from the agency, the payouts cannot go forward, the sources said.—
Douglas Gillison,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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And the parties hoping to form Germany’s next government agreed to overhaul borrowing rules to inject more money into the military, although this must still be approved by parliament.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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Elections last September produced a largely inconclusive result, and for three months the ‘ruling’ centre-right OVP party and a host of smaller parties - Social Democrats and liberal Neos party (and the Greens) - struggled to agree on a coalition programme.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Consent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consent. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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