consensual
IPA: kʌnsˈɛnsuʌɫ
adjective
- With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.
- (law) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.
- (biology) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition.
- Contralaterally corresponding rather than ipsilaterally induced.
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Examples of "consensual" in Sentences
- Letterman declared that Cain is the first candidate this year to use the word 'consensual.''
- Kobe Bryant was cleared of sexually assaulting a hotel employee, but he admitted having what he described as consensual sex.
- These priests could easily go out and find gay males their age, or each other for that matter, and engage in consensual gay sex.
- He admitted in court using the Viacom ruse 30 times over 10 years to get women into his vehicle for what he called consensual sex.
- But investigators say his DNA was found on Kercher's body, and he has admitted having what he describes as consensual sex with the British woman.
- The attorneys dodged questions about whether Strauss-Kahn acted inappropriately - what he described as a consensual sexual encounter with Diallo being, clearly, infidelity to his wife.
- Pitino, who is married, was never charged, though he admitted having what he called consensual sex that lasted just 15 seconds, because, he said, she told him she was "extremely fertile."
- Investigators said the plan was for Green to pose his victim for pictures, which he would use to blackmail her into having what he called consensual sex with him once a week as "a treat."
- Strauss-Kahn, disgraced former boss of the International Monetary Fund, had his foreign affair'' at the Sofitel Hotel in New York City, what he characterized as consensual sex with a maid and she called sexual assault.
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