| 单词 | consenting |
| 释义 | consenting (once / 3252 pages) adj Consenting means having given your permission. Someone who has consented to something can be described as consenting. People are often said to be consenting or not in the context of illegal activity. If by allowing your son to live in your house when you know that he is selling drugs in the neighborhood, you are implicitly consenting to his behavior, and perhaps even possibly an accessory to a crime. Sex is considered illegal unless it takes place between two consenting adults. WORD FAMILYconsenting: consentingly+/consent: consentaneous, consented, consenting, consents/consentaneous: consentaneously USAGE EXAMPLESCourt documents say the victim was incapable of consenting “by reason of mental defect, mental incapacity or physical helplessness.” Washington Times(Dec 02, 2016) All Fleiss did, he argued, was arrange for "consensual sex between consenting adults." Los Angeles Times(Nov 15, 2016) Swiss Re's Ryan saw "greater reliance on data sets based on consenting contributions by individuals" as the way forward. Reuters(Oct 23, 2016) adj having given consent consenting adults Syn willing disposed or inclined toward |
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