: the age at which one is legally competent to give consent especially to marriage or to sexual intercourse
Word History
First Known Use
1504, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
age of consent
noun
age of con·sent -kən-ˈsent
: the age at which one is legally competent to give consent especially to marriage or to sexual intercourse
Legal Definition
age of consent
: the age at which a person is deemed competent by law to give consent especially to sexual intercourse or marriage see also statutory rape compare emancipation, legal age