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Consent

v. i.
  1. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
  2. To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or approval; to comply.

v. t.
  1. To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit.

n.
  1. Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord.
  2. Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence.
  3. Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission.
  4. (Law) Capable, deliberate, and voluntary assent or agreement to, or concurrence in, some act or purpose, implying physical and mental power and free action.
  5. (Physiol.) Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4.
    6. Age of consent (Law),
    an age, fixed by statute and varying in different jurisdictions, at which one is competent to give consent. Sexual intercourse with a female child under the age of consent is punishable as rape.