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Consensual

Con-sen′su-al

,
Adj.
[See
Consent
,
Verb.
I.
, and cf.
Sensual
.]
1.
(Law)
Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.
2.
(Physiol.)
Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition;
as,
consensual
motions
.
Consensual contract
(Law)
,
a contract formed merely by consent, as a marriage contract.

Definition 2024


consensual

consensual

See also: con-sensual

English

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Adjective

consensual (comparative more consensual, superlative most consensual)

  1. With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.
  2. (law) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.
    a consensual contract
  3. (biology) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition.
    consensual motions

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Spanish

Adjective

consensual m, f (plural consensuales)

  1. consensual