Usually means: Agreement through informed, voluntary decision-making.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. consent: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. consent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. consent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. consent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. consent: Vocabulary.com
  6. Consent, consent: Wordnik
  7. consent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. consent: Wiktionary
  9. consent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. consent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. consent: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. consent: Dictionary.com
  13. consent: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. consent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Consent (BDSM), Consent (criminal), Consent (criminal law), Consent (play), Consent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Consent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. consent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. consent: Rhymezone
  19. consent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. consent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. consent: Free Dictionary
  22. consent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. consent: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. consent: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. consent: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. consent: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  7. consent: Legal dictionary
  8. consent: Financial dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. consent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Consent: Merck Manuals
  3. consent: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. CONSENT: Acronym Finder
  2. consent: Glosario de términos filosóficos (en inglés)
  3. consent: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Consent (in Canon Law): Catholic Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. consent: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See consented as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.
verb:  (transitive, medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
verb:  To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
noun:  Voluntary agreement or permission.
noun:  (obsolete) Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.
noun:  (obsolete) Advice; counsel.

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