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consensual

[ kuhn-sen-shoo-uhl ]

adjective

  1. formed or existing by consent:

    a consensual lien.

  2. having been actively agreed to by all parties involved:

    consensual touching

  3. Physiology. (of an action) involuntarily correlative with a voluntary action, as the contraction of the iris when the eye is opened.


consensual

/ əˈɛԲʊə /

adjective

  1. law (of a contract, agreement, etc) existing by consent
  2. law (of a sexual activity) performed with the consent of all parties involved
  3. (of certain reflex actions of a part of the body) responding to stimulation of another part
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • DzˈԲܲ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Dz···· adverb
  • ԴDz·Dz··· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of consensual1

First recorded in 1745–55; from Latin DzԲŧԲ-, stem of DzԲŧԲܲ consensus + -al 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of consensual1

from consensus + -al 1
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Her legal representative told the BBC Tossici-Bolt had been offering a "consensual conversation" and would explore "all legal options" following the ruling.

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It specified that the woman told a police officer that she had non consensual sex with one person, but in subsequent statements changed it to two.

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“Initially, the sex was consensual, but things soon changed,” Stern said in the suit.

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Mr Jones said that "far from Ms Thomas wanting to engage in consensual sex in her son's bedroom, she went there to get away from him".

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She said their first sexual encounter, which occurred in Henry’s room at a hotel, was not consensual.

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