Consent
Consent verb - To give or express one's approval (as to a proposal).
Usage example: refused to consent to the marriage
Nearby Words: consented, consenting
Refuse
Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
Usage example: the reclusive movie star usually refuses requests for interviews
How words are described
| legal | legal consent | legal refuse |
| plain | plain consent | plain refuse |
| little | little consent | little refuse |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- And tertiary to that is the "universal consent" fallacy, the idea that anyone who appears to want to have sex is offering themselves to literally anyone, rather than exercising their right to consent or refuse sex at their discretion; most commonly this is phrased as "She was asking for it".
Source: Useful Notes / Victim Blaming -
When his parents refuse to let him attend, he runs away from home and falsifies their consent in order to attend.
Source: Film / Before the Fall -
He claims that he refused to hire him because no patient would consent to being treated by a black man, but the only reason people refuse to be treated by black men is because they are racist.
Source: Series / The Knick
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