A consensual approach, view, or decision is one that is based on general agreement among all the members of a group.
Consultation is traditional in the consensual Belgian system of labour relations.
2. adjective
If sexual activity is consensual, both partners willingly take part in it.
[law]
He claimed the sex was consensual.
consensual in British English
(kənˈsɛnsjʊəl)
adjective
1. law
(of a contract, agreement, etc) existing by consent
2. law
(of a sexual activity) performed with the consent of all parties involved
3.
(of certain reflex actions of a part of the body) responding to stimulation of another part
Derived forms
consensually (conˈsensually)
adverb
Word origin
from consensus + -al1
consensual in American English
(kənˈsɛnʃuəl)
adjective
1.
involving consent, esp. mutual consent
2. Roman
of contracts, existing by the mere consent of the parties
3. Physiology
of or caused by reflex action that occurs either with voluntary action or because of stimulation to a corresponding part, as the reaction of both eye pupils when only one is stimulated
Derived forms
consensually (conˈsensually)
adverb
Word origin
< consensus + -al
Examples of 'consensual' in a sentence
consensual
But he claimed the relationships were consensual.
The Sun (2014)
We need a more consensual approach to politics in which all parties commit to a longterm programme of change to bring about a better society.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Investors took comfort from a broadly consensual political system that appeared largely immune to the kind of populism evident elsewhere in the Continent.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
While the benefits of this consensual approach have been reflected in many sectors, the impact in manufacturing and engineering has been striking.