consent

/kən-ˈsent/

Middle English consenten, concenten "to be in agreement, assent (to), approve, comply, connive (in a crime)," borrowed from Anglo-French cunsentir, consentir "to grant, permit, hand over, support, give in, agree" (also continental Old French), going back to Latin consentīre "to join in feeling, be in agreement, concur in opinion, (of things) be in harmony," from con- com-sentīre "to perceive, feel, discern"

verb

  1. to give assent or approval : agree

  2. to be in concord in opinion or sentiment

consent to being tested

assent consent accede acquiesce agree subscribe mean to concur with what has been proposed. assent implies an act involving the understanding or judgment and applies to propositions or opinions. consent involves the will or feelings and indicates compliance with what is requested or desired.

noun

  1. compliance in or approval of what is done or proposed by another : acquiescence

  2. agreement as to action or opinion; specifically : voluntary agreement by a people to organize a civil society and give authority to the government

he shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties

noun

  1. a judicial decree that sanctions a voluntary agreement between parties in dispute