Authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state"
Noun
a legal document giving official permission to do something
Noun
freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
Noun
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
authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state"
Usage Examples
It was an interesting question as to whether the BBC had a future in the digital world, and what form of market failure could justify the licence fee system.
None can love freedom heartily, but good men the rest love not freedom, but licence.
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Other Usage ExamplesOnce I know people know who I am, it gives me a lot of licence and freedom to behave in ways I wouldn't normally.
I'm the only man in the world with a marriage licence made out to whom it may concern.