The phrase "act of consenting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing agreements, permissions, or approvals, particularly in legal or formal settings.
Example: "The act of consenting to the terms of the contract is essential for its validity."
Alternatives: "process of agreeing" or "gesture of approval".
The proposal regarding the acts of consenting adults is not so startling as it seems at first sight.
Because this particular moral panic did not occur and does not have a 30-year rhetorical history, it seems clear to us today that viewers of boxing are able to differentiate between the legitimate acts of consenting boxers and the immoral acts of physical violence against non-consensual parties.
The GMB union challenged the claim that donations to the Tory party follow a conscious act of consent by company shareholders.
The sense of impunity with which this woman can sit on the UN and say that FGM is an act of consent.
Although Prince Friso was a member of the Dutch royal family, he had relinquished his membership in the Dutch royal house in 2004 when he married without having secured an act of consent.
Locke thinks that the right to rule of an authority must be traced back to an original act of consent in the state of nature (where there is no prior political authority) to form a political body.
The decision to enter political society is a permanent one for precisely this reason: the society will have to be defended and if people can revoke their consent to help protect it when attacked, the act of consent made when entering political society would be pointless since the political community would fail at the very point where it is most needed.
Potential participants may change their minds over the course of time for a variety of reasons, and therefore it cannot be assumed that an earlier act of consent will necessarily be valid at a later date.
Also, for those who participated in the study, the very act of formally consenting to participate in a research study sets them apart from those women who would refuse such an invitation.
