consent

consent

English

Etymology

Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre, present active infinitive of cōnsentiō (“to feel together”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Hyphenation: con‧sent

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Verb

consent (third-person singular simple present consents, present participle consenting, simple past and past participle consented) (intransitive)

1. (intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.

   After reflecting a little bit, I've decided to consent.

   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:

     My poverty, but not my will, consents.

2. (transitive, medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.
   • 2002, T Usmani; KD O'Brien, HV Worthington, S Derwent, et al, “A randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of canine lacebacks with reference to …”, in Journal of Orthodontics:

     When the patient was consented to enter the study and registered, a telephone call was made to research assistant

3. (transitive, obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
   • 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], OCLC 868004604, book:

     Interpreters […] will not consent it to be a true story.

4. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 8:1:

     And Saul was consenting unto his death.

   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, James Nichols, editor, The Church History of Britain, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), new edition, London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, OCLC 913056315:

     Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in judgment.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

• (intransitive): acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, concur, yes

Antonyms

• (intransitive): disagree, object, oppose

Derived terms

• consentor

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sent-‎ (2 c, 0 e)

Translations

to express willingness

Arabic: رَضِيَ‎ (raḍiya), وَافَقَ‎ (wāfaqa) Armenian: համաձայնել (hy) (hamajaynel) Azerbaijani: razılaşmaq (az) Belarusian: згаджа́цца impf (zhadžácca), згадзі́цца pf (zhadzícca) Bulgarian: съглася́вам се (bg) impf (sǎglasjávam se), съглася́ се (bg) pf (sǎglasjá se), съгла́сен съм (sǎglásen sǎm) Catalan: consentir (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 承諾／承诺 (zh) (chéngnuò), 同意 (zh) (tóngyì) Czech: souhlasit (cs) impf Danish: samtykke (da) Dutch: toestemmen (nl) (in), instemmen (nl) (met) Esperanto: konsenti (eo) Estonian: nõustuma Finnish: hyväksyä (fi), suostua (fi), myöntyä (fi) French: consentir (fr), approuver (fr), agréer (fr) Georgian: თანხმობა (tanxmoba) German: zustimmen (de), einwilligen (de) Greek: συναινώ (el) (synainó) Ancient Greek: ἐπινεύω (epineúō), σύμφημι (súmphēmi), συνευδοκέω (suneudokéō), συγκατατίθημι (sunkatatíthēmi) Hebrew: הִסְכִּים‎ (he) (hiskím) Hindi: सहमत होना (sahmat honā) Hungarian: beleegyezik (hu), hozzájárul (hu), hozzájárulását adja, jóváhagy (hu) Icelandic: samþykkja, fallast á Indonesian: setuju (id), rela (id) Interlingua: consentir Irish: toiligh Italian: consentire (it) Japanese: 承諾する (ja) (しょうだくする, shōdaku suru), 同意する (ja) (どういする, dōi suru) Khmer: យល់ព្រម (yŭəl prɔɔm) Korean: 승낙하다 (ko) (seungnakhada), 동의하다 (ko) (dong'uihada) Latin: consentiō Latvian: piekrist Lithuanian: sutikti (lt), pritarti (lt) Macedonian: се согласува impf (se soglasuva), се согласи pf (se soglasi) Malayalam: സമ്മതിക്കുക (ml) (sammatikkuka) Maori: whakaae, tatū Mongolian: Cyrillic: зөвшөөрөх (mn) (zövšööröx) Norwegian: Bokmål: samtykke (no), bifalle Occitan: consentir (oc), assentir (oc) Polish: zgadzać się (pl) impf, zgodzić się (pl) pf, przyzwalać (pl) impf, przyzwolić (pl) pf Portuguese: consentir (pt), aprovar (pt), deixar (pt) Quechua: awñiy Romanian: consimți (ro) Russian: соглаша́ться (ru) impf (soglašátʹsja), согласи́ться (ru) pf (soglasítʹsja) (agree), разреша́ть (ru) impf (razrešátʹ), разреши́ть (ru) pf (razrešítʹ) (permit) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сугла́сити се pf, приво̀лети pf, приво̀љети pf Roman: suglásiti se (sh) pf, privòleti pf, privòljeti (sh) pf Slovak: súhlasiť impf Slovene: strinjati se impf, soglašati impf Spanish: consentir (es) Swedish: samtycka (sv), ge sitt samtycke Thai: ตกลง (th) (dtòk-long) Turkish: gönül (tr), rıza (tr) Ukrainian: пого́джуватися impf (pohódžuvatysja), пого́дитися pf (pohódytysja), зго́джуватися impf (zhódžuvatysja), зго́дитися pf (zhódytysja) Vietnamese: đồng ý (vi) Yiddish: באַשטיין‎ (bashteyn)

to cause to sign a consent

Finnish: hankkia suostumus

Noun

consent (countable and uncountable, plural consents)

1. Voluntary agreement or permission.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 6, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

     All men know by experience, there be some parts of our bodies which often without any consent of ours doe stirre, stand, and lye down againe.

2. (obsolete) Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 14:18:

     And they all with one consent began to make excuse.

3. (obsolete) Advice; counsel.

Synonyms

• (voluntary agreement): agreement, approval, assent, consensualness, permission, willingness, yes

Antonyms

• (voluntary agreement): dissent, disagreement, opposition, refusal

Derived terms

• advice and consent
• age of consent
• consensual non-consent
• consentaneous
• consent decree
• consent of the governed
• consent search
• e-consent
• implied consent
• informed consent
• nonconsent (non-consent)
• silence is consent
• with one consent

Translations

voluntary agreement

Arabic: رِضًا‎ (ar) (riḍan) Armenian: համաձայնություն (hy) (hamajaynutʿyun) Azerbaijani: razılıq Belarusian: пагадне́нне n (pahadnjénnje), зго́да f (zhóda) Bengali: ইজাব (bn) (ijabô) Bulgarian: съгла́сие (bg) n (sǎglásie), разреше́ние (bg) n (razrešénie) Catalan: consentiment (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 承諾／承诺 (zh) (chéngnuò), 同意 (zh) (tóngyì) Czech: souhlas (cs) m Dutch: toestemming (nl) f, instemming (nl) f Esperanto: konsento Estonian: nõusolek Finnish: suostumus (fi) French: consentement (fr) m, approbation (fr) f, agrément (fr) Georgian: თანხმობა (tanxmoba) German: Zustimmung (de) f, Konsens (de) m, Einverständnis (de) n Greek: συναίνεση (el) f (synaínesi) Hebrew: הַסְכָּמָה‎ f (haskama) Hungarian: beleegyezés (hu), hozzájárulás (hu) Icelandic: samþykki n Indonesian: persetujuan (id) Interlingua: consentimento Irish: deoin f Italian: consenso (it) m Japanese: 承諾 (ja) (しょうだく, shōdaku), 同意 (ja) (どうい, dōi) Kazakh: келісім (kk) (kelısım) Khmer: ការយល់ព្រម (kaa yŭəl prɔɔm) Korean: 승낙(承諾) (ko) (seungnak), 동의(同意) (ko) (dong'ui) Latin: consensiō f Latvian: piekrišana f Lithuanian: sutikimas m Macedonian: согласност f (soglasnost) Malayalam: സമ്മതം (ml) (sammataṃ) Maori: kupu whakaae Occitan: consentiment (oc) m Persian: رضایت‎ (fa) (rezâyat) Polish: zgoda (pl) f, pozwolenie (pl) n Portuguese: consentimento (pt) m Romanian: consimțământ (ro) n Russian: разреше́ние (ru) n (razrešénije) (permission), дозволе́ние (ru) n (dozvolénije) (permission), согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije) (agreement) Scottish Gaelic: aonta m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: прѝстанак m, су̀гласно̄ст f, одобре́ње n Roman: prìstanak (sh) m, sùglasnōst (sh) f, odobrénje (sh) n Slovak: súhlas m Slovene: soglasje n Spanish: consentimiento (es) m, venia, anuencia (es) f (formal) Swedish: samtycke (sv) n Tamil: சம்மதம் (ta) (cammatam) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: зго́да f (zhóda) Vietnamese: sự đồng ý (vi) Welsh: cydsyniad m, caniatâd m

Further reading

• consent at OneLook Dictionary Search
• consent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• nocents

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɑ̃/

Verb

consent

1. third-person singular present indicative of consentir