What does the *complete consent*, when listed as a requirement for a mortal sin, mean? 

**Objection:** It would seem that there are mortal sins without complete consent.

1. A woman goes to get an abortion because of fear from her husband.
2. Her consent is diminished because she does abortion through fear and therefore her act is not done with complete consent.
3. But still, her act is a mortal sin.

Therefore, it is would seem that *complete consent* is not a requirement for an act to be a mortal sin.

To be clear, the definition of the mortal sin (from CCC 1856):

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> When the will sets itself upon something that is of its nature
>  incompatible with the charity that orients man toward his ultimate
>  end, then the sin is mortal by its very object . . . whether it
>  contradicts the love of God, such as blasphemy or perjury, or the love
>  of neighbor, such as homicide or adultery. . . . But when the sinner's
>  will is set upon something that of its nature involves a disorder, but
>  is not opposed to the love of God and neighbor, such as thoughtless
>  chatter or immoderate laughter and the like, such sins are venial.
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