age of consent in English

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      "form": "age of consent",
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      "form": "ages of consent",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The age of consent in Germany and Italy is 14 years old, while in 12 American states is 18 years old."
        }
      ],
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        "The age of consent is the age at which and above which a person can consent to sexual relations with another person without the sexual interaction making the other person guilty of a crime."
      ],
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    {
      "form": "age of consent",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      ]
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        {
          "text": "The age of consent in Germany and Italy is 14 years old, while in 12 American states is 18 years old."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The age of consent is the age at which and above which a person can consent to sexual relations with another person without the sexual interaction making the other person guilty of a crime."
      ]
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"age of consent" meaning in English

Noun