Definition of Consent

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Consent

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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Consent Quotations

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Abraham Lincoln

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
Vince Lombardi

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Helen Keller

Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.
George Washington

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.
Robert Frost

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Your silence gives consent.
Plato

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.
Plato

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
Jonathan Swift

He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
Saint Augustine

Consent Translations

consent in Danish is enighed
consent in Dutch is het eens zijn, toegeven, goedvinden
consent in Finnish is suostua
consent in French is acquiescez, consentez, acquiescent, acquiescer
consent in German is einwilligen, Genehmigung, zustimmen, Zustimmung
consent in Italian is consenso, concordare, assentire
consent in Latin is annuo
consent in Portuguese is consentimento, concordar
consent in Swedish is bejaka, samtycka

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