voluntary consent
Freely given approval
Voluntary consent is agreement given freely, without coercion, manipulation, or undue pressure.
The phrase appears most often in legal and medical contexts, where valid consent requires that a person understand what they're agreeing to and choose it willingly: The patient gave voluntary consent before the procedure.
In contract law, agreements obtained through threats or deception lack voluntary consent and may be voided.
- agreementShared position between parties
- permissionGranted right to act
- willingReady without resistance
- say yesExpress agreement verbally
- acceptConsent to receive
approve · give the green light · choice · free will · freedom · autonomy · of sound mind · signature · sign off · nod · handshake · shake on it · waiver · contract · release · assent · comply · opt-in
- consentpermission, right to refuse, opt-in, opt-out, assent
- drug researchdrug discovery, drug testing, drug screening, drug approval, clinical trials
- ICWAtribal courts, tribal membership, tribal nations, native children, indigenous children
voluntary consentcoercion
Pressured compliance through threats
compulsion · duress · coerced consent · pressure · intimidation
voluntary consentrefusal
Act of declining
rejection · denial · dissent · nonconsent · objection
voluntary consentmanufactured consent
Opinion shaped by power
coerced consent · lack of consent · lack of capacity · implied consent · impaired judgment
voluntary, consent, volunteer, volunteering, volunteered, voluntarily, involuntary, involuntarily, voluntariness