consensual

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con·sen·su·al | \ kən-ˈsen(t)-sh(ə-)wəl

, -shəl, -shü-əl \

Definition of consensual

1 : existing or made by mutual consent without an act of writing a consensual contract

2 : involving or based on mutual consent consensual acts

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Examples of consensual in a Sentence

She claims their relationship was consensual.

Recent Examples on the Web Police can cite a variety of reasons for initiating a stop, including witnessing a crime, consensual encounters, witnessing a traffic violation or having a reasonable suspicion that a crime occurred. — Lauryn Schroeder, San Diego Union-Tribune, "A Palpable Fear: Minorities describe encounters with San Diego police, sheriff’s deputies," 4 Apr. 2021 The lesson McPherson first approached AL.com about her consensual affair with Merrill in October 2020. — Connor Sheets | Csheets@al.com, al, "Sex, lies and the Alabama secretary of state: The fall of John Merrill," 16 Apr. 2021 Both Mastercard and rival Visa had begun looking into Pornhub after a New York Times column accused the website of distributing videos depicting child abuse and non-consensual violence. — BostonGlobe.com, "Constant Contact has a new CEO," 14 Apr. 2021 About 6 percent of the 88,800 searches conducted by San Diego police were solely consensual searches. — Lauryn Schroeder, San Diego Union-Tribune, "A Palpable Fear: Minorities describe encounters with San Diego police, sheriff’s deputies," 4 Apr. 2021 In order to go there, he is required to submit to a kind of consensual kidnapping (blindfolded, escorted in and out by Byron’s security), which … red flag!!! — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, "Made For Love Recap: Walk the Walk," 1 Apr. 2021 But if fallings-out with ardently consensual women were mainly Roth’s doings, earning him the misogynist label, how to explain his ruptures with longstanding friends who were men? — New York Times, "Cynthia Ozick Calls the New Philip Roth Biography a ‘Narrative Masterwork’," 1 Apr. 2021 The book’s third section looks at consensual delusions on a grand scale. — Washington Post, "We’re constantly fooling ourselves — and that’s (mostly) okay," 26 Mar. 2021 Attorneys for Winslow claimed that the incidents were either consensual or never occurred at all, the outlet said. — Peter Martinez, CBS News, "Ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow II sentenced to 14 years for rape and other sexual offenses," 4 Mar. 2021

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