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consensual.

With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/kənˈsɛnʃuəl/
  1. With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.

    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. Contralaterally corresponding rather than ipsilaterally induced.

    direct and consensual pupillary reflexes produce bilateral constriction from a unilateral stimulus
Where this word comes from

From consensus + -ual.

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