consent
Speech parts
1. consent - Noun
2. consent - Verb
Meaning
To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or approval; to comply.
To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit.
Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord.
Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence.
Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission.
Capable, deliberate, and voluntary assent or agreement to, or concurrence in, some act or purpose, implying physical and mental power and free action.
Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4.
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I cannot accept your invitation
I go for this resolution
he indicated his consent
A 30-year-old man from Westgate was arrested on suspicion of taking a vehicle without consent, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence and driving without insurance.
A big chunk of that money falls under various consent decrees entered into by the state.
1941–1950: United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. In 1940, Paramount agreed to a government-instituted consent decree: block booking and "pre-selling" (the practice of collecting up-front money for films not yet in production) would end.