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Licence
ˈlʌɪsn(t)s
Licence definitions
noun
licence
licences
license
licenses
- a permit from an authority to own or use something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade (especially in alcoholic drink)
"a gun licence"
- formal or official permission to do something
"a subsidiary company manufactured cranes under licence from a Norwegian firm"
- freedom to behave as one wishes, especially in a way which results in excessive or unacceptable behaviour
"the government was criticized for giving the army too much licence"
permission authority discretion right a free hand leave consent authorization sanction approval assent entitlement privilege prerogative blessing exemption mandate freedom liberty free rein latitude choice option independence self-determination scope impunity margin leisure- a writer's or artist's freedom to deviate from fact, or from conventions such as grammar, for effect
"artistic licence"
- licentiousness
- a reason or excuse to do something unacceptable
"you do not have a licence to break traffic laws"