consensual
Example Sentences
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Consensual nonmonogamy is rather common—and has been for at least a decade.
From Slate • May 5, 2024
"Antigua and Barbuda now leads the Eastern Caribbean as having recognised the illegality of punishing a person for who they love," he said, adding: "Consensual love should never be a crime."
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2022
"My personal life is and always has been conducted on my own time and my own dime. Consensual adult relationships are not illegal," he wrote.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2021
Consensual relationships may have been a factor in other dismissals in which companies didn’t disclose details, according to Exechange, which monitors CEO firings among companies in the Russell 3000.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2019
Consensual is therefore a term which does not involve the slightest anomaly, but is exactly analogous to Real, Verbal, and Literal.
From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir