age of consent

noun

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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Meanings

nounage of consent (plural ages of consent)

plural ages of consent

  1. lawThe 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sexual majority

Translations

Afrikaans ouderdom van toestemming
  • ouderdom van toestemmingan age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Chinese Mandarin 同意年齡 /同意年龄, 性同意年齡 /性同意年龄
  • 同意年齡 /同意年龄 (tóngyì niánlíng)an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
  • 性同意年齡 /性同意年龄 (xìngtóngyì niánlíng)an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Danish seksuel lavalder
  • seksuel lavalderan age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Finnish suojaikäraja
  • suojaikärajaan age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
French majorité sexuelle
  • majorité sexuellean age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
German Schutzalter
  • Schutzalteran age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Greek ενηλικιότητα
  • ενηλικιότητα (enilikiótita)an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Hebrew גיל ההסכמה
  • גיל ההסכמה (gil hahaskamah)an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Hungarian beleegyezési korhatár
  • beleegyezési korhatáran age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Icelandic samræðisaldur, lögríða
  • samræðisalduran age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
  • lögríðaan age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
  • lögriðilsalduran age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Italian età del consenso
  • età del consensoan age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Japanese 性的同意年齢
  • 性的同意年齢 (seiteki dōi nenrei)an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Norwegian seksuell lavalder
  • seksuell lavalderan age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Persian سن قانونی
  • سن قانونیan age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Polish wiek przyzwolenia
  • wiek przyzwoleniaan age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Portuguese idade de consentimento
  • idade de consentimentoan age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Romanian vârstă de consimțământ
  • vârstă de consimțământan age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Russian во́зраст сексуа́льного согла́сия
  • во́зраст сексуа́льного согла́сия (vózrast sɛksuálʹnovo soglásija)an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Spanish edad de consentimiento
  • edad de consentimientoan age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Swedish sexuell myndighetsålder
  • sexuell myndighetsålderan age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Tagalog gulang ng pagpayag
  • gulang ng pagpayagan age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
Turkish reşitlik yaşı
  • reşitlik yaşıan age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex
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Chicago

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