· a legal document giving official permission to do something
Hypernym(s): legal_document, legal_instrument, official_document, instrument
· freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
Synonym(s): licence
Hypernym(s): liberty
· 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
Synonym(s): licence
Hypernym(s): liberty
· the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Synonym(s): permission, permit
Hypernym(s): authorization, authorisation, empowerment
· authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state"
Hypernym(s): authorize, authorise, pass, clear