What does consenting mean?
Definitions for consenting
con·sent·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word consenting.
Princeton's WordNet
consentingadjective
having given consent
"consenting adults"
Wiktionary
consentingadjective
Willing and able to give consent.
The law prohibits payment for sex, even between consenting adults.
Webster Dictionary
Consenting
of Consent
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of consenting in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of consenting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of consenting in a Sentence
Taking away the peace of a people, committing every act of violence, or consenting to such acts, especially when directed against the weakest and defenseless, is a profoundly grave sin against God.
The FBI does not make a credibility assessment of any information it receives with respect to a nominee. Nor is it tasked with investigating a matter simply because the Committee deems it important. The Constitution assigns the Senate, and only the Senate, with the task of advising the President on his nominee and consenting to the nomination if the circumstances merit. We have no power to commandeer an Executive Branch agency into conducting our due diligence. The job of assessing and investigating a nominee’s qualifications in order to decide whether to consent to the nomination is ours, and ours alone.
As we submitted in our statement yesterday afternoon for hysterectomies and other genital surgeries performed as part of gender-affirming care, Boston Children’s requires a patient to be capable of consenting for themselves, age 18 is used to reflect the standard age of majority for medical decision-making. Boston Children’s does not perform genital surgeries as part of gender-affirming care on a patient under the age of 18.
Usually when embryos are created, whether the couple is married or just consenting adults, there's usually a power of attorney that is described to these embryos, if they are frozen for future use.
District Court Judge Helen Syme:
The reliability and honesty of the victim’s evidence was tested at length and in my view, her reliability was not in doubt. She said no several times, the use of force was such that the victim had no prospect of stopping him physically. He was at least twice her weight at 100 kilograms (220 pounds) and an athlete at the top of his form. The offender was fully aware the victim was not consenting.
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