consensually
By mutual agreement
Consensually means with mutual consent or agreement.
The adverb applies to any situation where all parties have agreed, but appears most often in discussions of sexual activity: They engaged consensually.
Legal and medical contexts use it for procedures requiring explicit agreement: The data was consensually shared between institutions.
Without restriction or hindrance
- willinglyBy free choice
- uncoercedDone without compulsion
- unpressuredFree from external demands
- spontaneouslyWithout forethought or preparation
electively · optionally · independently · self-determined · autonomously · deliberately · intentionally · unconstrained
In shared fashion
- willinglyBy free choice
- jointlyIn shared participation
- collectivelyAs a whole group
- unanimouslyWith total accord
cooperatively · agreeably · harmoniously · accord · concurrence · understanding · concordance · compact
Given official permission
- approvedOfficially accepted or permitted
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
- permittedGranted leave to proceed
- grantedGiven or allowed officially
allowed · endorsed · ratified · accepted · acquiesced · yielded · conceded · recognized
With deliberate awareness
- advisedlyWith careful consideration
- deliberatelyDone with intention
- consciouslyWith deliberate awareness
- transparentlyIn an obvious manner
autonomously · competently · understandingly · counseled · disclosed · ethically · capacity
freely
Without restriction or hindrance
- willinglyBy free choice
- uncoercedDone without compulsion
- unpressuredFree from external demands
spontaneously · electively · optionally · independently · self-determined · autonomously · deliberately · intentionally · unconstrained
mutually
In shared fashion
- willinglyBy free choice
- jointlyIn shared participation
- collectivelyAs a whole group
unanimously · cooperatively · agreeably · harmoniously · accord · concurrence · understanding · concordance · compact · covenant
authorized
Given official permission
- approvedOfficially accepted or permitted
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
- permittedGranted leave to proceed
granted · allowed · endorsed · ratified · accepted · acquiesced · yielded · conceded · recognized · acknowledged
knowingly
With deliberate awareness
- advisedlyWith careful consideration
- deliberatelyDone with intention
- consciouslyWith deliberate awareness
transparently · autonomously · competently · understandingly · counseled · disclosed · ethically · capacity
consensuallynonconsensually
Without voluntary agreement
without consent · coercively · forcibly · unwillingly · involuntarily
consensuallyforcibly
Using force or coercion
coercively · by force · under compulsion · compulsorily · violently
consensuallyunilaterally
By one party alone
arbitrarily · autocratically · dictatorially · imperiously · one-sidedly
- consensual sexIntercourse with mutual permission
- consensual relationshipsBonds with mutual agreement