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consensual

adjective

  1. agree (to), agreed upon by both parties
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛnʃuəl/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English consensus English -ual English consensual From consensus + -ual.

  1. 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

  4. Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition.

    direct and consensual pupillary reflexes produce bilateral constriction from a unilateral stimulus