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License Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of License? [n] the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization [n] a legal document giving official permission to do something [n] freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) [n] 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 [v] authorize officially Synonyms \| Synonyms for License: certify \| licence \| licence \| licence \| permission \| permit \| permit Related Terms \| Find terms related to License: academic freedom \| accredit \| admission \| agency \| agentship \| allow \| allowance \| anarchy \| approve \| assign \| assignment \| assumption \| authority \| authorization \| authorize \| blank check \| brevet \| building permit \| care \| carte blanche \| certificate \| certify \| chaos \| charge \| charter \| commission \| commissioning \| commit \| commitment \| confusion \| consent \| consign \| consignment \| constitutional freedom \| copyright \| cure \| debauchery \| debauchment \| delegate \| delegated authority \| delegation \| deputation \| depute \| deputize \| detach \| detail \| devolute \| devolution \| devolve \| devolve upon \| devolvement \| diplomatic immunity \| discharge \| disobedience \| dispensation \| dissipation \| dissoluteness \| document \| embassy \| empower \| empowerment \| enable \| enfranchise \| entitle \| entrust \| entrusting \| entrustment \| errand \| exception \| executorship \| exemption \| exequatur \| fabulous formless darkness \| factorship \| familiarity \| fastness \| favor \| fishing license \| foul-up \| franchise \| freedom \| freedom from fear \| freedom from want \| freedom of worship \| full power \| gallantry \| give in charge \| give official sanction \| give power \| grant \| hassle \| hubris \| hunting license \| immunity \| imposition \| imprimatur \| indiscipline \| indulgence \| insubordination \| interregnum \| irresponsibility \| jurisdiction \| lawlessness \| laxity \| leave \| legalize \| legation \| legislative immunity \| legitimize \| Lehrfreiheit \| let \| liberties \| libertinage \| libertinism \| liberty \| liberty abused \| licentiousness \| lieutenancy \| loose \| looseness \| mandate \| misrule \| mission \| mix-up \| morass \| muddle \| mutiny \| nihil obstat \| office \| OK \| okay \| patent \| permission \| permission to enter \| permit \| plenipotentiary power \| post \| power of attorney \| power to act \| power vacuum \| presumption \| presumptuousness \| privilege \| procuration \| profligacy \| proxy \| purview \| rakishness \| rampant will \| ratify \| regency \| regentship \| relaxation \| release \| responsibility \| run \| sanction \| screw-up \| send out \| slackness \| snafu \| special favor \| special permission \| suffer \| task \| the Four Freedoms \| the run of \| ticket \| ticket of admission \| transfer \| trust \| trusteeship \| unaccountability \| unbridledness \| uncontrol \| undue liberty \| unrestraint \| validate \| venery \| vicarious authority \| vouchsafement \| waiver \| warrant \| wenching \| whoring \| wildness \| willfulness See Also \| accredit \| allowance \| approve \| authorisation \| authorise \| authorization \| authorize \| building permit \| charter \| clear \| clearance \| conge \| dispensation \| driver's licence \| driver's license \| driving licence \| driving license \| empowerment \| fishing licence \| fishing license \| fishing permit \| franchise \| game license \| hunting licence \| hunting license \| hunting permit \| instrument \| learner's permit \| legal document \| legal instrument \| letter of mark and reprisal \| letter of marque \| letters of marque \| liberty \| liberty chit \| liquor licence \| liquor license \| marriage licence \| marriage license \| O.K. \| occupation licence \| occupation license \| official document \| okay \| pass \| pass \| poetic license \| recognise \| recognize \| sanction \| toleration \| wedding licence \| wedding license License In Webster's Dictionary \Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), n. [Written also {licence}.] [F. licence, L. licentia, fr. licere to be permitted, prob. orig., to be left free to one; akin to linquere to leave. See {Loan}, and cf. {Illicit}, {Leisure}.] 1. Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors. To have a license and a leave at London to dwell. --P. Plowman. 2. The document granting such permission. --Addison. 3. Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety. License they mean when they cry liberty. --Milton. 4. That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc. Syn: Leave; liberty; permission. \Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Licensed} (l[imac]"senst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Licensing}.] To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach. --Milton. Shak.

License Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of License?

[n] the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
[n] a legal document giving official permission to do something
[n] freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
[n] 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
[v] authorize officially

License In Webster's Dictionary

\Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), n. [Written also {licence}.]
[F. licence, L. licentia, fr. licere to be permitted, prob.
orig., to be left free to one; akin to linquere to leave. See
{Loan}, and cf. {Illicit}, {Leisure}.]
1. Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act;
   especially, a formal permission from the proper
   authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a
   certain business, which without such permission would be
   illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach,
   to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating
   liquors.

         To have a license and a leave at London to dwell.
                                               --P. Plowman.

2. The document granting such permission. --Addison.

3. Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of
   law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety.

         License they mean when they cry liberty. --Milton.

4. That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which
   an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be
   permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained;
   as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc.

Syn: Leave; liberty; permission.


\Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Licensed} (l[imac]"senst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Licensing}.]
To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to
license a man to preach. --Milton. Shak.

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