Definition of CONSENSUAL

consensual

Adjective Satellite

  • existing by consent
    • "a consensual contract"

Adj

  • With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.
  • Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.
  • Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition.
  • Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition.
  • Contralaterally corresponding rather than ipsilaterally induced.

Examples

  • "a consensual contract"
  • "consensual motions"
  • "consensual sex"
  • "direct and consensual pupillary reflexes produce bilateral constriction from a unilateral stimulus"

Origin / Etymology

From consensus + -ual.

Antonyms

non-consensual

Scrabble Score: 12

consensual is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
consensual is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
consensual is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

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