consenting
Giving the go-ahead
Consenting describes someone who gives permission or agreement, especially in contexts where consent matters legally or ethically.
A consenting adult can make their own choices about sex, medical treatment, or risky activities.
The phrase consenting adults often appears in arguments that private behavior between willing participants shouldn't be regulated: What consenting adults do in their bedroom is their own business.
Formal permission granted
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
- permissionGranted right to act
- licenceOfficial permission document
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
clearance · approval · sanction · waiver · grant · mandate · charter · green light
Harmony between parties
- assentFormal expression of approval
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- concurrenceState of agreeing
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
endorsement · ratification · sanction · confirmation · acceptance · mutual · unanimous · harmony
Willing to comply
- receptiveOpen to input
- agreeablePleasantly cooperative
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- accommodatingWilling to help others
disposed · inclined · responsive · compliant · acquiescent · obliging · ready · eager
Self-directed and free
- unforcedNot made to happen
- uncoercedDone without compulsion
- self-determinedDecided by oneself
- freewillCapacity for autonomous choice
deliberate · intentional · independent · elective · optional · discretionary · noncompulsory · unobligated
Permitted by statute
- informedGiven necessary knowledge
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- competentSufficiently able, qualified
- ageDuration of existence
mature · sound mind · rational · cognizant · aware · understanding · legally binding · contractual
authorization
Formal permission granted
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
- permissionGranted right to act
- licenceOfficial permission document
empowerment · clearance · approval · sanction · waiver · grant · mandate · charter · green light · go-ahead
accord
Harmony between parties
- assentFormal expression of approval
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- concurrenceState of agreeing
affirmation · endorsement · ratification · sanction · confirmation · acceptance · mutual · unanimous · harmony · unity
amenable
Willing to comply
- receptiveOpen to input
- agreeablePleasantly cooperative
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
accommodating · disposed · inclined · responsive · compliant · acquiescent · obliging · ready · eager · enthusiastic
autonomous
Self-directed and free
- unforcedNot made to happen
- uncoercedDone without compulsion
- self-determinedDecided by oneself
freewill · deliberate · intentional · independent · elective · optional · discretionary · noncompulsory · unobligated · spontaneous
legal
Permitted by statute
- informedGiven necessary knowledge
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- competentSufficiently able, qualified
age · mature · sound mind · rational · cognizant · aware · understanding · legally binding · contractual · of age
- saying yesyes, nodding, agreeing, sure, accepting
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- choiceschoice, choose, decide, decision, select
- complianceaudit, obeying, policy, compliance officer, regulation
consentingrefusing
Declining to accept
unwilling · dissenting · declining · objecting · protesting
consentingcoerced
Pressured into compliance
forced · compelled · pressured · manipulated · involuntary
consentingforbidding
Intimidatingly stern or hostile
prohibiting · vetoing · denying · blocking · disallowing
- consenting adultsPersons legally able to agree