consensual

adj
/kənˈsɛnʃuəl/

Etymology

From consensus + -ual.

  1. borrowed from cōnsēnsus
  2. formed as consensual — “consensus + -ual

Definitions

  1. With permission, with consensus, without coercion

    With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.

    • He'd operated on an almost permanent adrenaline high, a byproduct of youth and proficiency, jacked into a custom cyberspace deck that projected his disembodied consciousness into the consensual hallucination that was the matrix.
    • consensual sex
  2. Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.

    • a consensual contract
  3. Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition.

    • consensual motions

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA