One-line definition
Free use is a dynamic where blanket consent is negotiated in advance for a partner to initiate intimacy within agreed bounds.
Full definition
Free use rewrites “ask every time” into “negotiate thoroughly once”: within an explicitly agreed scope, time window, and set of conditions, the initiating partner no longer seeks case-by-case permission. Like CNC, it belongs to advanced consent architecture: it looks like the absence of consent while actually depending on more complete negotiation than ordinary play, plus a revocation mechanism that never switches off. Standard fittings include an exclusion list, state signals, and an unambiguous way to pause.
Common misconceptions
”Free use means giving up the right to consent.”
The opposite. It is consent exercised at a higher level: the scope was negotiated, and the right to revoke never lapses. “Anytime” without prior negotiation isn’t free use; it is violation.
Related terms
- CNC
- Consent
- TPE
- Negotiation
- Hard Limit