I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ full
▪ common , general , mutual , unanimous
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By unanimous ~, the Senate inserted a moratorium.
▪ explicit , express
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The information should generally be considered private unless there is explicit ~ to disclose it.
▪ implied
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Completion of the survey was taken as implied ~ to participate.
▪ tacit
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Your silence implies tacit ~ to these proposals.
▪ voluntary
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A contract requires the voluntary ~ of the parties entering into it.
▪ informed
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Doctors must obtain the informed ~ of all patients before giving any treatment.
▪ prior
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No action can be taken without the prior ~ of the owner.
▪ formal , signed ( AmE ), written
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A record of their written ~ must be on file.
▪ oral ( AmE ), verbal
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Informed oral ~ was obtained from each individual.
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They provided verbal ~ for the interview to be taped.
▪ presumed ( AmE )
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the policy of presumed ~ for organ donation
▪ parental , spousal ( AmE )
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Spousal ~ is necessary to secure the loan.
VERB + CONSENT
▪ give (sb) , grant (sb) , provide
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You must give written ~ before the documents can be released.
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students who had provided parental ~ to participate
▪ refuse (sb) , withdraw , withhold
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At any time during the study, parents could withdraw their ~.
▪ gain , get , have , obtain , secure
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Do you have the ~ of your employer?
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The investigators secured the ~ of the suspects to take their computers away.
▪ receive
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The proposal received unanimous ~.
▪ require , seek
▪ nod
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Judge Roberts nodded his ~ and she began.
▪ sign ( esp. AmE )
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Your family, in effect, signs the ~ for you.
CONSENT + NOUN
▪ agreement , decree , law (all AmE )
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The ~ decree required the state to institute certain programs that were not required by federal law.
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In 1998 they signed a ~ agreement.
▪ document , form
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Doctors pressed her to sign a ~ form for emergency surgery.
▪ procedure ( AmE ), process (both AmE )
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additional measures to strengthen informed ~ procedures
▪ requirement ( AmE )
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The removal of the patient ~ requirement was denounced by the opposition.
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~ , by ~ of
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government by ~
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The article is reprinted by ~ of the author.
▪ by common ~ , by general ~ , by mutual ~
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The contract can only be broken by mutual ~.
▪ with sb's ~ , without sb's ~
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Your property cannot be sold without your ~.
▪ ~ for
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He gave his ~ for treatment.
▪ ~ from
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~ from the parents
▪ ~ to
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He withheld his ~ to the marriage.
PHRASES
▪ the age of ~ (= the age at which sb is legally old enough to agree to have a sexual relationship)
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ freely , willingly
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I asked him to provide it and he willingly ~ed.
▪ graciously , kindly
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He has kindly ~ed to give us some of his valuable time.
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Mrs Meade has graciously ~ed to supervise your detention.
▪ reluctantly
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He reluctantly ~ed to the material being edited.
PREPOSITION
▪ to
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Her father would not ~ to the marriage.