licence Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
   license.
   
   • when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant
   • the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
2. noun freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
   license.
   
3. noun a legal document giving official permission to do something
   license; permit.
   
4. verb authorize officially
   certify; license.
   
   • I am licensed to practice law in this state

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