license
noun
- 1
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
- 2
a legal document giving official permission to do something
- 3
freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
- 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
authorize officially
I am licensed to practice law in this state
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