English Explanatory Dictionary

consensual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.
  2. Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.
  3. Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition.
  4. Contralaterally corresponding rather than ipsilaterally induced.

Pronunciation

/kənˈsɛnʃuəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-consensual.wav

Word forms

consensual more consensual most consensual con-sensual

Etymology

From consensus + -ual.

Antonyms

non-consensual

Derived words

consensual crime consensualism consensualist consensuality consensualize consensually consensualness consensual non-consent consensual reflex consentual nonconsensuality semiconsensual unconsensual
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