Obs. Also 3 kunsence, -scence, 4 consence, concense. [a. OF. cunsence, consence, -sense, consent, willing complicity:—Rom. type *consentia, f. L. consentīre to CONSENT. (L. had consensus, masc. u- stem, whence It. consenso, F. consens.)] Consent.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 228. Þet we ne beon nout allunge ibrouht þerin, mid kunscence of heorte and mid skiles ȝettunge. Ibid., 288. Þreo degrez beoð þerinne [carnal desire] … þe uorme is cogitaciun: þe oðer is affectiun: þe þridde is kunsence.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Serm., Sel. Wks. I. 59. Ful concense to synne. Ibid., III. 141. Consence to a synne foules mon.
