Consenters

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An individual or party that grants permission or agreement for something to take place or happen as part of a legal or moral context
2. A person who acknowledges and accepts conditions or stipulations in a transactional or relational situation
3. Someone who provides their approval or assent, which is often necessary for a decision or action to proceed

Etymology: "Consenters" is simply the plural of "consenter", a person who consents. The singular entered Middle English as "consentour" or "consenter", drawn from Old French "consenteor", with some influence from the Middle English verb "consenten" (to consent). In other words, the noun is an agent formed from the verb, much like "believer" or "follower". The root idea is agreement in feeling: the Latin "consentire" joined "com-" (together) with "sentire" (to feel or perceive), so to consent was originally to feel together with someone. That sense of shared feeling is still present when a group of consenters signs on to a decision.

Synonyms: agreeers, approvers, endorsers, assenters, acceptors

Antonyms: disagreeers, refusers, rejecters, opposers, dissenters