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License

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Noun

1. licence, license, permit

a legal document giving official permission to do something

2. licence, license

freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

3. licence, license

excessive freedom; lack of due restraint

Example Sentences:
'when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near'
'the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum'

4. license, permission, permit

the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

Verb

5. certify, licence, license

authorize officially

Example Sentences:
'I am licensed to practice law in this state'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

License

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to grant or give a licence for (something, such as the sale of alcohol)
2. 
to give permission to or for

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License

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noun
1. 
a formal permission to do something; esp. authorization by law to do some specified thing
license to marry, practice medicine, hunt, etc.
2. 
a document, printed tag, permit, etc. indicating that such permission has been granted
3. 
a. 
freedom to deviate from strict conduct, rule, or practice, generally permitted by common consent
poetic license
b. 
an instance of such deviation
4. 
excessive, undisciplined freedom, constituting an abuse of liberty
: Also, Brit. sp., ˈlicence
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈlicensed or ˈlicensing
5. 
to give license or a license to or for; permit formally

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

License

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n.
1.
a. Official or legal permission to engage in a regulated activity: "He believed that the subcommittee gave him license to interrogate anyone about any possible links to communism" (Donald A. Ritchie). See Synonyms at permission.
b. A document, card, plate, or tag that is issued as proof of official or legal permission: a driver's license.
c. A contract allowing someone to use a proprietary product or service: has a site license for that software.
2.
a. Freedom of action or permission to act: "Doctors labeled many of the organs of the immune system 'functionless' ... giving surgeons license to remove them with abandon" (Andrew Weil).
b. Poetic license.
3.
a. Lack of due restraint; excessive freedom: "It is important to preserve freedom only for people who are willing to practice self-denial, for otherwise freedom degenerates into license and irresponsibility" (Milton Friedman).
b. Heedlessness for the precepts of proper behavior, especially with regard to sex: "noir stories of the consequences of sexual license" (Foster Hirsch).
c. An excuse or justification to do something wrong: people who see low-fat labels as a license to eat larger amounts.
tr.v. li·censed, li·cens·ing, li·cens·es
1. To give or yield permission to or for: "Deep down I wondered what licensed me to speak" (Jan Clausen).
2. To grant a license to or for; authorize. See Synonyms at authorize.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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