# What the words mean

## consensual non consent

Short form: CNC

A scene agreed in detail in advance, in which one person acts as though consent has not been given. The agreement, the limits and the way to stop are all settled before anything starts.

Example: They spent an evening agreeing what would happen, what would not, and how either of them would stop it.

What it is not: Not an absence of consent. The agreement is the whole thing, and without it this is not what is being described.

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