Synonyms of consented

consented

verb

past tense of consent

as in agreed

to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)

refused to consent to the marriage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• agreed
• assented
• acquiesced
• acceded
• submitted
• subscribed
• succumbed
• adopted
• came round
• tolerated
• embraced
• stood
• suffered
• endured
• espoused
• bowed
• yielded
• swallowed
• bore (with)
• relented
• abided
• took
• stomached
• knuckled under

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refused
• dissented
• rejected
• denied
• rebuffed
• scorned
• spurned
• gainsaid

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of consented

Witness the present Mexican war, the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool; for, in the outset, the people would not have consented to this measure. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

The dispute included 1,520 signatures collected by four nonresident circulators who had not timely consented to Maine courts’ jurisdiction. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

The local district attorney initially decided the woman had consented to the encounter and that no crime had been committed, but the investigation has since been reopened and handed to New York’s attorney general. — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

The local district attorney initially decided the woman had consented to the encounter, and that no crime had been committed, but the investigation has since been reopened and handed to New York’s attorney general. — Leah Willingham, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

Once a person dies, that’s when the process would begin to retrieve viable organs, but only if the patient previously consented to be a donor or if their family agreed to donate their organs. — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026

Eli Phillip Rodriguez, 38 Frisco Police Department Rodriguez denied having child pornography on his phone and consented to a search, providing the officer with his passcode. — S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

In an exchange captured by the officer’s body camera footage, one school administrator said that the girl’s mother had consented to the use of handcuffs on her daughter. — Rosie Cima, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

James told investigators that Laura Hamilton was aware and consented to that relationship with her husband, which Laura Hamilton later disputed. — Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026