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noun
- A second or subsequent consent.
Another approach, called the selective, repeated, or reconsent model, requires that participants consent to each individual future study that wishes to use their data.
2015 July 9, “Fair Shares and Sharing Fairly: A Survey of Public Views on Open Science, Informed Consent and Participatory Research in Biobanking”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
verbreconsent (third-person singular simple present reconsents, present participle reconsenting, simple past and past participle reconsented)
present singular third person reconsents · participle present reconsenting · participle past reconsented · past reconsented
- intransitiveTo consent again.
- transitiveTo obtain the consent of (a participant in a study, etc.) again.
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APA
reconsent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconsent
MLA
“reconsent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconsent. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reconsent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconsent.
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