as in agreed
to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)
refused to consent to the marriage
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Recent Examples of consented
Though machines revived her, she was declared brain dead, and five days later, her parents consented to remove her from life support.
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Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The fine was related to how users consented to data collection.
—Katrina Bishop, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Two women were in the front, and the driver consented to a search of the vehicle.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The publication was also surrounded by controversy over whether the aged Lee, by then seriously disabled, had really consented to its publication.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Most of the Arab states have consented to Trump's plan, and Israel is also on board.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
However, Price, 42, consented to a search of her home by the Marshals Service, whose agents found Daniels inside, Holder said.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Both Israel and the United States are not party to the Rome Statute, which is the treaty that established the ICC and have not consented to its jurisdiction.
—ABC News, 26 Sep. 2025
Importantly, the governed have consented to being governed and to live by the laws of the land.
—Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The fine was related to how users consented to data collection.
—Katrina Bishop, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Two women were in the front, and the driver consented to a search of the vehicle.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The publication was also surrounded by controversy over whether the aged Lee, by then seriously disabled, had really consented to its publication.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Most of the Arab states have consented to Trump's plan, and Israel is also on board.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
However, Price, 42, consented to a search of her home by the Marshals Service, whose agents found Daniels inside, Holder said.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Both Israel and the United States are not party to the Rome Statute, which is the treaty that established the ICC and have not consented to its jurisdiction.
—ABC News, 26 Sep. 2025
Importantly, the governed have consented to being governed and to live by the laws of the land.
—Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consented
agreed
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Leaders in Congress agreed and sent out armadas of patriot privateers to do just that, plundering British shipping around the Atlantic rim and forcing Royal Navy warships to redeploy to convoy duty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Advertisement In April 2021, Min Aung Hlaing personally agreed at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting to the Five Point Consensus intended to end the bloodshed and open a path toward dialogue.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Consented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consented. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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