age of consent

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age of consent

noun ages of consent

  1. The age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse, so that it is not a crime for someone else to have sex with the person. In France the age of consent is 15 years of age.

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noun an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex

Españoledad de consentimiento
日本語性的同意年齢 seiteki dōi nenrei
中文同意年齡 /同意年龄 tóngyì niánlíng, 性同意年齡 /性同意年龄 xìngtóngyì niánlíng
Portuguêsidade de consentimento
Françaismajorité sexuelle
DeutschSchutzalter
Italianoetà del consenso
Ελληνικάενηλικιότητα enilikiótita
Românăvârstă de consimțământ
Русскийво́зраст сексуа́льного согла́сия vózrast sɛksuálʹnovo soglásija
עבריתגיל ההסכמה gil hahaskamah

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@misc{age_of_consent_2026,
  title = {age of consent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/age%20of%20consent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}