consensual

§English

§Alternative forms

• con-sensual

§Etymology

consensus +‎ -ual

§Adjective

consensual (comparative more consensual, superlative most consensual)

1. With permission, with consensus, without coercion.
2. (law) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.

   a consensual contract

3. (biology) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition.

   consensual motions

§Related terms

• consensuality
• consentual
• consensual reflex

§Antonyms

• non-consensual

§Translations

With consensus

• Dutch: consensueel
• Finnish: yhteisymmärrykseen perustuva
• Greek: συναινετικός (el) f (synainetikós)

• Italian: consensuale (it)
• Spanish: consensual
• Welsh: cydsyniol