consent as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
consent
noun
1 consent
Permission to do something.
Roget 762:
consent;
assent
etc.
488;
acquiescence;
approval
etc.
931;
compliance,
agreement,
concession;
yieldance†,
yieldingness†;
accession,
acknowledgment,
acceptance,
agnition†.
settlement,
ratification,
confirmation,
adjustment.
permit
etc.
(permission)
760;
promise
etc.
768.
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Roget 488:
assent,
assentment†;
acquiescence,
admission;
nod;
accord,
concord,
concordance;
agreement
etc.
23;
affirmance,
affirmation;
recognition,
acknowledgment,
avowal;
confession of faith.
unanimity,
common consent,
consensus,
acclamation,
chorus,
vox populi;
popular belief,
current belief,
current opinion;
public opinion;
concurrence
etc.
(of causes)
178;
cooperation
etc.
(voluntary)
709.
ratification,
confirmation,
corroboration,
approval,
acceptance,
visa;
indorsement
etc.
(record)
551†.
consent
etc.
(compliance)
762.
pressure to conform,
herd instinct,
peer pressure.
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Roget 178:
concurrence,
cooperation,
coagency†;
union;
agreement
etc.
23;
consilience†;
consent,
coincidence
etc.
(assent)
488;
alliance;
concert,
additivity,
synergy
etc.
709;
partnership
etc.
712.
common cause.
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Roget 23:
agreement;
accord,
accordance;
unison,
harmony;
concord
etc.
714;
concordance,
concert;
understanding,
mutual understanding.
conformity
etc.
82;
conformance;
uniformity
etc.
16;
consonance,
consentaneousness†,
consistency;
congruity,
congruence;
keeping;
congeniality;
correspondence,
parallelism,
apposition,
union.
fitness,
aptness
etc.
adj.;
relevancy;
pertinence,
pertinencey†;
sortance†;
case in point;
aptitude,
coaptation†,
propriety,
applicability,
admissibility,
commensurability,
compatibility;
cognation
etc.
(relation)
9.
adaption†,
adjustment,
graduation,
accommodation;
reconciliation,
reconcilement;
assimilation.
consent
etc.
(assent)
488;
concurrence
etc.
178;
cooperation
etc.
709.
right man in the right place,
very thing;
quite the thing,
just the thing.
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Roget 413:
melody,
rhythm,
measure;
rhyme
etc.
(poetry)
597.
pitch,
timbre,
intonation,
tone.
scale,
gamut;
diapason;
diatonic chromatic scale†,
enharmonic scale†;
key,
clef,
chords.
modulation,
temperament,
syncope,
syncopation,
preparation,
suspension,
resolution.
staff,
stave,
line,
space,
brace;
bar,
rest;
appoggiato†,
appoggiatura†;
acciaccatura†.
note,
musical note,
notes of a scale;
sharp,
flat,
natural;
high note
etc.
(shrillness)
410;
low note
etc.
408;
interval;
semitone;
second,
third,
fourth
&c.;
diatessaron†.
breve,
semibreve [Mus.],
minim,
crotchet,
quaver;
semiquaver,
demisemiquaver,
hemidemisemiquaver;
sustained note,
drone,
burden.
tonic;
key note,
leading note,
fundamental note;
supertonic†,
mediant†,
dominant;
submediant†,
subdominant†;
octave,
tetrachord†;
major key,
minor key,
major scale,
minor scale,
major mode,
minor mode;
passage,
phrase.
concord,
harmony;
emmeleia†;
unison,
unisonance†;
chime,
homophony;
euphony,
euphonism†;
tonality;
consonance;
consent;
part.
[Science of harmony]
harmony,
harmonics;
thorough-bass,
fundamental-bass;
counterpoint;
faburden†.
piece of music
etc.
415 [Fr.];
composer,
harmonist†,
contrapuntist
(musician)
416.
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verb
1 consent
Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to.
synonyms: accept, go for.
Roget 762:
consent;
assent
etc.
488;
yield assent,
admit,
allow,
concede,
grant,
yield;
come round,
come over;
give into,
acknowledge,
agnize†,
give consent,
comply with,
acquiesce,
agree to,
fall in with,
accede,
accept,
embrace an offer,
close with,
take at one's word,
have no objection.
satisfy,
meet one's wishes,
settle,
come to terms
etc.
488;
not refuse
etc.
764;
turn a willing ear
etc.
(willingness)
602;
jump at;
deign,
vouchsafe;
promise
etc.
768.
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Roget 488:
assent;
give assent,
yield assent,
nod assent;
acquiesce;
agree
etc.
23;
receive,
accept,
accede,
accord,
concur,
lend oneself to,
consent,
coincide,
reciprocate,
go with;
be at one with
etc.
adj.;
go along with,
chime in with,
strike in with,
close in with;
echo,
enter into one's views,
agree in opinion;
vote,
give one's voice for;
recognize;
subscribe to,
conform to,
defer to;
say yes to,
say ditto,
amen to,
say aye to.
acknowledge,
own,
admit,
allow,
avow,
confess;
concede
etc.
(yield)
762;
come round to;
abide by;
permit
etc.
760.
arrive at an understanding,
come to an understanding,
come to terms,
come to an agreement.
confirm,
affirm;
ratify,
appprove,
indorse,
countersign;
corroborate
etc.
467.
go with the stream,
swim with the stream,
go with the flow,
blow with the wind;
be in fashion,
join in the chorus,
join the crowd,
be one of the guys,
be part of the group,
go with the crowd,
don't make waves;
be in every mouth.
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Roget 23:
be accordant
etc.
adj.;
agree,
accord,
harmonize;
correspond,
tally,
respond;
meet,
suit,
fit,
befit,
do,
adapt itself to;
fall in with,
chime in with,
square with,
quadrate with,
consort with,
comport with;
dovetail,
assimilate;
fit like a glove,
fit to a tittle,
fit to a T;
match
etc.
17;
become one;
homologate†.
consent
etc.
(assent)
488.
render accordant
etc.
adj.;
fit,
suit,
adapt,
accommodate;
graduate;
adjust
etc.
(render equal)
27;
dress,
regulate,
readjust;
accord,
harmonize,
reconcile;
fadge†,
dovetail,
square.
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Roget 831:
be content
etc.
adj.;
rest satisfied,
rest and be thankful;
take the good the gods provide,
let well alone,
let well enough alone,
feel oneself at home,
hug oneself,
lay the flattering unction to one's soul.
take up with,
take in good part;
accept,
tolerate;
consent
etc.
762;
acquiesce,
assent
etc.
488;
be reconciled to,
make one's peace with;
get over it;
take heart,
take comfort;
put up with
etc.
(bear)
826.
render content
etc.
adj.;
set at ease,
comfort;
set one's heart at ease,
set one's mind at ease,
set one's heart at rest,
set one's mind at rest;
speak peace;
conciliate,
reconcile,
win over,
propitiate,
disarm,
beguile;
content,
satisfy;
gratify
etc.
829.
be tolerated
etc.
826;
go down,
go down well,
go down with;
do;
be OK.
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Dutch: instemmen, toestemmen, goedvinden, accepteren, aanvaarden
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