consentingn.
/kənˈsɛntɪŋ/ The action of consent v.; the giving of consent.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [noun] > consenting
consentment1340
consentingc1380
agreement1432
consentationa1529
condescension1648
condescending1875
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 351 Excusid here of consenting to þis synne.
1482 Monk of Evesham 51 For myne obedyens and consentyng in that vyce to hym.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. ii. 7 Neither..my sodaine woing, nor sodaine consenting . View more context for this quotation
1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iv. i. 1930 There is a kind Consenting in his Eyes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
consentingadj.
1. Agreeing or giving consent (to a proposal or course of action; formerly, also, to an opinion).
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [adjective] > consenting
consentingc1374
consentantc1385
assenting1483
consentative1583
condescending1655
acquiescent1753
consentient1876
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. iv. 18 He was knowyng and consentyng of a coniuracioun maked aȝeins hym.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds vii. 59 Forsoth Saul was consentynge to his deeth.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 28401 I was consentand to þair dede.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 13v The wise are alwayes consentyng vnto truth.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. ii. 79 'Tis but the boldnesse of his hand haply, which his heart was not consenting too. View more context for this quotation
1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 144 She must not know that I was consenting to this marriage.
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xi. 57 A step to which Northumberland had practically not been a consenting party.
2.
a. Agreeing together (in opinion or purport); of one mind, unanimous.
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the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective]
anmodOE
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concordable1393
ogrant?a1400
whole1413
agreeing1440
communala1470
concordant1477
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greeinga1547
one-hearted?1584
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consentient1622
concording1627
unanimousa1631
unanimate1633
homodox1656
concurrent1660
concerted1673
of one lip1677
homodoxian1716
harmonious1724
concurring1732
assenting1752
one-voiced1821
solidary1841
solidaire1845
solid1855
ditto-saying1892
assented1907
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 179 Sinonimia, as who would say, like or consenting names.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xviii. 90 [They have] by consenting voices declared a Soveraigne.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. xii. 518 The consenting praise of all honest men.
1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ix. 283 The clear consenting voice of all his contemporaries.
b. Agreeing, conformable.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective]
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samentalea1300
accordingc1300
accordantc1350
covenablec1384
concordable1393
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suant1418
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convenablea1500
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semblable1513
convenient1526
modulatec1530
harmonical1531
harmoniacal1536
agreeable1540
concurrent1542
suitable1568
concinne1569
harmonial1569
sympathical1570
tunable1573
coherenta1575
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well-consorted1583
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high-tuned1603
symbolizing1611
unjarring1620
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congruenta1637
harmonious1638
friendlya1641
unclashing1642
complying1646
symphoniacal1650
consistent1651
consentaneous1652
consentivea1657
symbolical1667
concordiousa1670
sympathetic1673
congenerous1677
symbolizant1685
congenial1693
symphonious1743
harmonic1756
concentual1782
undiscordant1819
concordial1822
attuned1833
connate1836
sympathetical1848
concentuous1850
consenting1858
consilient1867
tuned in1958
1858 G. MacDonald Phantastes 254 Hammering one part of it to a consenting shape with the rest.
3. consenting adult n. an adult who consents to something; esp. one who consents to engage in a sexual act; a person considered old enough by law to decide whether to agree to have sex.Originally in the context of reform to laws relating to homosexuality. Hence in early use sometimes: ‘a person who engages in consensual homosexual sex’.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person
urning1883
invert1892
homosexual1894
Uranist1895
homosexualist1898
Uranian1908
intersexualc1910
homoerotic1915
homo1923
one of those1927
freak1941
homophile1945
gay1953
consenting adult1957
minty1957
lesbigays1992
1957 Rep. Comm. Homosexual Offences & Prostitution (Cmnd. 247) 109 We accordingly recommend that homosexual behaviour between consenting adults in private should no longer be a criminal offence.
1964 Times 16 July 12/4 Chief constables in England and Wales have been asked to inform the Director of Public Prosecutions..before preferring charges over homosexual acts committed in private between consenting adults.
1968 ‘O. Mills’ Sundry Fell Designs x. 112 No, I'm not a consenting adult. But I'm not sex-starved, either.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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