lack of consent
Agreement never given
Lack of consent is the absence of agreement or permission, particularly in contexts where consent is legally or ethically required.
The phrase appears most often in discussions of sexual assault, where lack of consent defines the crime: The prosecution must prove lack of consent.
It also arises in medical and contractual contexts where proceeding without explicit agreement violates rights or law.
- violationBreaking of rules
- sexual assaultForced sexual contact crime
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- coercive controlOngoing pattern of domination
- forceStrength or compulsion
assault · refusal · saying no · unwanted · boundary · no · protest · resistance · duress · pressure · power imbalance · exploitation · bodily autonomy · bodily · trauma · power · control · victim
- malpracticemalpractice, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, malpractice insurance, professional negligence
- marriage obstaclesfamily feud, religious differences, legal age, consanguinity, bigamy
- contract lawobligation, performance, capacity, breach, contract terms
- invalid contractsmisrepresentation, undue influence, mental incapacity
- marriage annulmentannulment, nullity, invalid marriage, church annulment, church court
- marriage barriersbigamy, prior marriage, duress, underage, force
lack of consentconsent
Voluntary agreement given
permission · approval · assent · agreement · authorization
lack of consentvoluntary participation
Unforced decision to join
free choice · self-determination · informed consent · explicit consent · enthusiastic consent
lack of consentexpress consent
Clearly communicated approval
explicit consent · contractual agreement · mutual consent · affirmative consent · enthusiastic consent
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