(v. i.) To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
(v. i.) To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or approval; to comply.
(v. t.) To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit.
(n.) Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord.
(n.) Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence.
(n.) Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission.
(n.) Capable, deliberate, and voluntary assent or agreement to, or concurrence in, some act or purpose, implying physical and mental power and free action.
(n.) Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was with unanimous consent.” He denied that Trump’s tweets had played a part, saying: “No, no, no.
(2) Instead, he handed over the opening to reporter Molly Line, who said, “Racial profiling is in the eye of the beholder,” before citing differing perceptions of the phenomenon between white and black people, which is like reading the headline “Rapist, Victim Differ on Consent”.
(3) This paper raises other issues for consideration, including problems associated with HIV testing, confidentiality, informed consent and the dilemmas facing those involved in the treatment of patients suffering from HIV infection.
(4) This article examines current statutory and common law analyses of malpractice issues in transplantation, with particular attention given to issues of informed consent as they arise both for the organ donor and donee.
(5) In addition, special legislation relating to adolescents, particularly legislation or court decisions concerning parental consent for contraception or abortion for a minor, has an important influence on the access that sexually active young people have to services.
(6) Last month following a visit to Islamabad Ben Emmerson QC, the UN's special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, said he had been given assurances that there was no "tacit consent by Pakistan to the use of drones on its territory".
(7) However, unmarried women under 18 must obtain parental consent or written permission from their legal guardian or from a judge to undergo the operation.
(8) 1 Desferrioxamine mesylate (DM) (10 mg kg-1 = 15.24 mumol kg-1) was given by intramuscular injection to five healthy subjects and to six patients with haemochromatosis, after informed consent.
(9) In almost all the cantons the consent of the parents is necessary.
(10) Bostock, who is long thought to have had a tense relationship with chief executive Marc Bolland , is departing by "mutual consent to pursue other interests" on 1 October, when she will also leave the M&S board.
(11) Consent forms are of no benefit to the physician or the patient if they are worded poorly or put to poor use.
(12) Considerations of different ways of obtaining informed consent, determining ways of minimizing harm, and justifications for violating the therapeutic obligation are discussed but found unsatisfactory in many respects.
(13) Communication issues in obtaining organ donation consent were examined, with particular focus on what are literally life-and-death decisions.
(14) Secretory phase endometrial biopsy specimens were taken, with informed consent, as an outpatient procedure.
(15) Having given my consent to Pavid's love declaration, I went home and properly lost my mind.
(16) It raises issues of informed consent, coercion, and trust in the physician patient relationship.
(17) Life exists in the noisy grey bits between a 'no' and full, enthusiastic consent.
(18) Sometimes naked images are taken of people without their knowledge or consent.
(19) We hope that the court of appeal in reaching its judgment understands that consent cannot happen when a woman is too drunk to consent.
(20) Ashley Cole has joined LA Galaxy after his contract at Roma was terminated by mutual consent .
Willingness
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is also a clear sign of our willingness and determination to step up engagement across the whole range of the EU-Turkey relationship to fully reflect the strategic importance of our relations.
(2) This article describes a method of selecting a potentially successful strategy using a combination of two factors: change target and level of change willingness and ability.
(3) The arrest of the Washington Post’s Tehran correspondent Jason Rezaian and his journalist wife, Yeganeh Salehi, as well as a photographer and her partner, is a brutal reminder of the distance between President Hassan Rouhani’s reforming promises and his willingness to act.
(4) These steps signify a willingness for engagement not seen before, but they have been overshadowed by the "nuclear crisis" triggered in October 2002 when Pyongyang admitted to having the "know-how", but not the technology, for a highly enriched uranium route to nuclear weapons.
(5) The chances of Sam Allardyce becoming the next England manager have been enhanced by his willingness to help the Football Association to mentor a young assistant who would be groomed as his successor.
(6) Kim Kardashian: Hollywood could benefit from a sharper script and more willingness – or freedom, which may be the issue given the game’s official status – to poke at the culture it’s representing.
(7) Equally important is a frequent review of medications and a willingness to alter regimens as situations require.
(8) It raises serious concerns about the government's willingness to let the public help shape the future of England's forests.
(9) There also seems to be a greater willingness of the surgeon to operate on these patients.
(10) The effectiveness of treatment depends on the efforts of the given institution to solve this problem and on the willingness of the staff to adapt new diagnostic and therapeutic methods.
(11) Consequently, men's SES and their willingness and ability to invest affection and resources in relationships may often outweigh the effects of their physical attractiveness in women's actual selection of partners.
(12) MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--The number of adult long term mentally ill patients whom general practitioners estimate they have on their lists and general practitioners' willingness to take responsibility for them.
(13) The company’s success reflects affluent shoppers’ willingness to pay extra for products perceived to be of high quality, made with premium ingredients.
(14) Its willingness to ignore diplomatic convention and use its Kuala Lumpur embassy to conduct an extraterritorial assassination will be seen as setting a dire precedent that cannot be allowed to stand.
(15) Second, share prices have been increasing all year in response to prevarication by the US central bank, which has struggled to raise interest rates despite signalling a willingness to do so.
(16) In his previous job, as BBC Vision director, he made a generally favourable impression on media reporters, especially those from papers hostile to the corporation, for his willingness to attend friendly and gossipy dinners without being chaperoned by BBC minders.
(17) The availability of effective dysmenorrhea therapy with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) has been accompanied by greater expectations of relief on the part of the patient, increased willingness to seek medical help, a more rational approach to patient management by physicians, changes in attitude toward women with primary dysmenorrhea, and a debunking of the myths associated with dysmenorrhea.
(18) If there's a single thread running through Anderson's diverse output, it's an engagement with new technologies and a willingness to put the usually hidden parts of music and performance – mixing boards, rigs, filters – out in the open.
(19) The coalition thinks appointing Green to find further savings in this area demonstrates its willingness to allow others outside government to look at the books, but it is also banking on benefiting from the touch of a renowned businessman when what are likely to be hugely unpopular cuts are announced.
(20) Not for the first time, the public willingness to forget all about Max Mosley is frustrated by Max Mosley's determination to be forgotten about.