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    consenting
    [ adj ]
    having given consent
    <adj.all>
    consenting adults


    Consent \Con*sent"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Consented}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Consenting}.] [F. consentir, fr. L. consentire,
    -sensum, to feel together, agree; con- + sentire to feel. See
    {Sense}.]
    1. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind;
    to accord; to concur.

    And Saul was consenting unto his death. --Acts.
    viii. 1.

    Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much
    consenting with him in jugdment. --Fuller.

    2. To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to
    guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or
    approval; to comply.

    My poverty, but not my will, consents. --Shak.

    And whispering ``I will ne'er consent,'' --
    consented. --Byron.

    Syn: To accede; yield; assent; comply; agree; allow; concede;
    permit; admit; concur; acquiesce.

    1. Markets will become less price-efficient, hopes for corporate accountability and governance dashed, the honest majority worse off. And why should capitalist acts between consenting adults in private be banned in a free society?
    2. These are transactions between consenting adults.
    3. No. Leave."' For USX, consenting to the May 7 shareholder vote was a shrewd move, takeover experts said, largely because the steel-and-energy giant relinquished practically nothing while giving the appearance of responsiveness.
    4. Last week's ruling also may have the effect of more firmly entrenching a 1986 decision upholding a state law that made private, homosexual activity between consenting adults illegal.
    5. The judge ruled that Georgia's sodomy law cannot be applied to consenting married adults.
    6. "Surely it is no consolation to the one or two individuals who become infected after innocently consenting to medical care by an unhealthy doctor that they were part of a rare statistic," the judges wrote in their 27-page opinion.
    7. The Xiongs have been advised by a Hmong shaman, or spiritual leader, that consenting to corrective surgery would continue problems they believe stopped after Xiong promised the spirits that Kou would be left as he is.
    8. The suburb of Tukwila has achieved fame, or embarrassment, with a newspaper column that has made the town a euphemism for an act between two consenting adults.
    9. Although rarely used, 19th century Irish laws ban certain homosexual acts, even if carried out in private between consenting adults.
    10. We are talking about agreements between consenting adults, as the real Gladstonian Liberals pointed out at the time of the Factory Acts legislation.
    11. Weisman said advertisers should consider the "good-will" value of consenting to the proposal.
    12. In September, a state judge ruled that the law cannot be applied to consenting married adults.
    13. The Florida Supreme Court ruled 4-3 last year that travelers, in effect, are coerced into consenting to have their luggage searched when police come aboard and randomly choose passengers.
    14. Cannon settled the litigation by consenting to a court order barring future securities law violations, although it didn't admit any wrongdoing.
    15. "It's a disease of consenting adults.
    16. Justices William Brennan, John Stevens and Thurgood Marshall dissented, saying the First Amendment prohibits states from prosecuting magazine dealers for selling allegedly obscene material to consenting adults.
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