The meaning of CONSENT is to give assent or approval : agree.

CONSENT definition: 1. permission or agreement: 2. agreement to sexual activity, given by someone who is free to…. Learn more.

CONSENT definition: to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (often followed by to or an infinitive). See examples of consent used in a sentence.

Definition of consent noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [uncountable] permission to do something, especially given by somebody in authority. The written consent of …

To give assent, as to the proposal of another; agree: consent to medical treatment; consent to going on a business trip; consent to see someone on short notice.

accordance or harmony in opinion; agreement (esp in the phrase with one consent)

Before you have surgery, you'd better give your consent, because the surgeon can't get his scalpel anywhere near your skin without first getting this permission from you. Consent is …