Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not consenting; not yielding consent.

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  • adjective Not consenting

Etymologies

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un- +‎ consenting

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Examples

  • It was only by degrees, in his rare hours of pleasantness, when he forgot (and made me forget) the weaknesses to which he was so prone, that he won me to a kind of unconsenting fondness.

    The Wrecker 1898

  • The issue did arise in the state ratifying conventions in a dispute over whether Article III authorized suits against unconsenting states in federal court.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • He was charged with the misdemeanor of filming an unconsenting nude person, was found guilty in July, and sentenced to 10 days in jail.

    Child porn indictment for Ex-AOL exec 2011

  • And ‘consequences for only you/profound consequences for a host of other people, some of whom are unconsenting’?

    Abortion Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • Dykstra was charged with a misdemeanor of filming an unconsenting nude person.

    Ex-AOL exec gets jail for nude filming Tom Jackman 2011

  • The pains which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity towards it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.

    Dan Mathews: Twain's Mark 2010

  • The pains which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity towards it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.

    Twain's Mark Dan Mathews 2010

  • So you accept the general moral proposition that you can impose a duty to pay for a service on an unconsenting second party if you think that service will benefit him?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Against the War Tax 2009

  • So you accept the general moral proposition that you can impose a duty to pay for a service on an unconsenting second party if you think that service will benefit him?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Against the War Tax 2009

  • While it certainly could be argued that the physical and sexual outcome of FGM is far worse than routine infant circumcision, the fact remains that both are done to unconsenting minors.

    The Ethics of Neonatal Circumcision « Gender Across Borders 2009

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