Synonym: accept, agree, approve of, assent, comply, permit. Antonym: deny, dissent, refuse. Similar words: consensus, consequently, consequence, consecutive, in consequence, conservative, conservation, consistent. Meaning: [kən'sent] n. permission to do something. v. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to.
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181. You may not, however, top your wall with broken glass or barbed wire without the consent of your local authority.
182. According to Planned Parenthood, parental consent laws have sharply altered abortion patterns.
183. In this way the apparently active and positive concept of consent is diluted to the point of near vacuity.
184. I was too young to sign the consent form and when Malc arrived, he also was found to be too young.Sentencedict.com
185. The Police Federation has made it clear that any proposals to reduce the age of consent would be vigorously resisted.
186. Changes to borders can come about only by mutual agreement and consent.
187. First, to improve the conditions that can be imposed on a planning consent for the restoration of mineral working.
188. In extreme circumstances the customer or supplier may seek to use its strong position and extract personal benefits in return for giving its consent.
189. Frequently on smaller contracts, builders do not formally obtain consent and assume that it would be granted.
190. Eleven patients were recruited from our outpatient clinic and informed consent was obtained.
191. You will be asked to sign a consent form agreeing to any of these treatments.
192. Mr. Lawrence Is the hon. Gentleman in favour of reducing the age of consent in homosexual offences to 16?
193. A firm may also be restricted for a period from accepting certain types of new appointments without the committee's consent.
194. One new provision would prevent the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from entering into consent decrees with employers in job-discrimination lawsuits.
195. Reno contends Microsoft violated a 1995 consent decree by tying the licensing and distribution of Windows and its browser.
196. The legal age of consent in many states is 16.
197. Ensuring that patients participating in drug trials give fully informed consent will need careful handling.
198. It should also take account of planning consent already given, making planners consider communities as an integrated whole.
199. After Elinor had signed her voluntary consent form, she and Adam were taken to her suite of rooms.
200. Unfortunately, under present rules, such a constitutional change needs parliament's consent.
201. The consent decree was drafted and released to the press in November.
202. By remaining in society, one gives one's tacit consent to it.
203. The Committee stands by the decision in Morgan and rejects the idea that belief in consent should be required to be reasonable.
204. A minor seeking an abortion was required to obtain parental consent. Informed consent.
205. No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. Abraham Lincoln
206. If this is the case, the exemption no longer applies to couples living apart by mutual consent.
207. The decree calls for both to be hired as consent decree administrators, charged with designing and implementing the restructuring plans.
208. The deal is conditional on the supermarket group obtaining planning consent to build a store on the site.
209. The undefined portion covered what occurred in Lawrence, above, an appropriation with the consent of the owner.
210. Microsoft dismissed the allegations as unfounded, saying its practices were specifically allowed by the consent decree.
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