age of consent

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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, in Italy and Germany is 14 years old, in Spain and UK is 16 years old, and in 12 American states is 18 years old.

Translations

an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex

Afrikaans: ouderdom van toestemming
Albanian: mosha e pëlqimit
Amharic: የፍቺ ዕድሜ (yäfči ʿədme)
Armenian: համաձայնության տարիքը (hamajaynutʻyan tarikʻə)
Azerbaijani: razılıq yaşı
Chinese:
Mandarin: 同意年齡／同意年龄 (tóngyì niánlíng)
Danish: seksuel lavalder c
Finnish: suojaikäraja (fi)
French: majorité sexuelle (fr) f
Georgian: თანხმობის ასაკი (tanxmobis asaḳi)
German: Schutzalter n
Greek: ενηλικιότητα (el) f (enilikiótita)
Hebrew: גיל ההסכמה m (gil hahaskamah)
Hungarian: beleegyezési korhatár
Icelandic: samræðisaldur m, lögríða (informal), lögriðilsaldur m (informal)
Italian: età del consenso f
Japanese: 性的同意年齢 (せいてきどういねんれい, seiteki dōi nenrei)
Kazakh: келісім жасына (kelısım jasyna)
Kyrgyz: макулдугу жашы (makuldugu jaşı)
Norwegian: seksuell lavalder m
Persian:
Arabic: سن قانونی
Polish: wiek przyzwolenia m inan
Portuguese: idade de consentimento f
Romanian: vârstă de consimțământ f
Russian: во́зраст сексуа́льного согла́сия m (vózrast sɛksuálʹnovo soglásija)
Spanish: edad de consentimiento f
Swedish: sexuell myndighetsålder c
Tagalog: gulang ng pagpayag
Tajik: синну соли розигӣ (sinnu soli rozigī)
Turkish: reşitlik yaşı
Uzbek: rozilik yoshi

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Further reading

“age of consent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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A map of ages of consent of various countries.

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