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Noun: license  lI-sun(t)s
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: licence)
  1. (law) a legal document giving official permission to do something
    - licence [Brit, Cdn], permit
     
  2. The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
    - permission, permit, licence [Brit, Cdn]
     
  3. Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech)
    - licence [Brit, Cdn]
     
  4. Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
    "when liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near"; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break … the rules of decorum";
    - licence [Brit, Cdn]
Verb: license  lI-sun(t)s
  1. Authorize officially
    "I am licensed to practice law in this state";
    - licence [Brit, Cdn], certify

Derived forms: licensed, licenses, licensing

Type of: authorisation [Brit], authorise [Brit], authorization, authorize, clear, empowerment, instrument, legal document, legal instrument, liberty, official document, pass

Antonym: decertify

Encyclopedia: License