age of consent
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
age of consent (plural ages of consent)
- (law) 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.
Translations
an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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See also
Further reading
- “age of consent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- age of consent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- A map of ages of consent of various countries.