license

noun

  1. 1

    the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

  2. 2

    a legal document giving official permission to do something

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    excessive freedom; lack of due restraint

    when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant

    the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke

verb

  1. 1

    authorize officially

    I am licensed to practice law in this state

Synonyms

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