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Consent

To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.

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Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Allow 76% connected

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

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Countenance 76% connected

To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Let 76% connected

To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.

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Permit 76% connected

To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.

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Relent 76% connected

To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.

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Settle 76% connected

A seat of any kind.

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Soften 76% connected

To make soft or more soft.

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Succumb 76% connected

To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease.

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Undertake 76% connected

To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.

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Yield 76% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

informed consent 76% connected

Permission given after someone understands the benefits, risks and alternatives.

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Permission 76% connected

The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.

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React 76% connected

To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.

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Respond 76% connected

To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

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Consentaneous 74% connected

Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Consentaneous 74% connected

Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Accept 92% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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