consent

  • 21Consent — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Consent >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 consent consent Sgm: N 1 assent assent &c. 488 Sgm: N 1 acquiescence acquiescence Sgm: N 1 approval approval &c. 931 Sgm: N 1 compliance compliance …

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  • 22consent — A central concern of liberal political theory is to determine the place of consent in the legitimation of social and political practices. Coercion, exploitation, fraud, deception, and perhaps more general categories of treating people as means,… …

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  • 23consent — A concurrence of wills. Voluntarily yielding the will to the proposition of another; acquiescence or compliance therewith. Agreement; approval; permission; the act or result of coming into harmony or accord. Consent is an act of reason,… …

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  • 24consent — A concurrence of wills. Voluntarily yielding the will to the proposition of another; acquiescence or compliance therewith. Agreement; approval; permission; the act or result of coming into harmony or accord. Consent is an act of reason,… …

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  • 25consent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Voluntary compliance Nouns consent, assent, acquiescence; approval, approbation; compliance, agreement, concession; yielding, accession, allowance, acceptance; ratification, confirmation; permit,… …

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  • 26consent — Synonyms and related words: OK, abide by, accede, accede to, accept, acceptance, accession, acclaim, acclamation, accord, accord to, accordance, acquiesce, acquiesce in, acquiescence, admission, admit, agree, agree to, agree with, agreeability,… …

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  • 27consent — n. agreement to undergo medical treatment or to participate in medical research. Four conditions must apply for consent to be valid 1. the patient must be given sufficient information (see informed consent); 2. the patient must be competent, i.e …

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  • 28consent — /kənˈsɛnt / (say kuhn sent) verb (i) 1. (sometimes followed by to) to give assent; agree; comply or yield: to consent to the request; to consent to do this. 2. Obsolete to agree in sentiment, opinion, etc.; be in harmony. –noun 3. assent;… …

  • 29consent — [kənˈsent] noun [U] I permission to do something He entered the building without the owner s consent.[/ex] II verb [I] consent [kənˈsent] to give someone permission to do something, or to agree to do something The child s parents would not… …

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  • 30consent — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French consentir, from Latin consentire, from com + sentire to feel more at sense Date: 13th century 1. to give assent or approval ; agree < consent to being tested > 2. archaic …

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