Licence

[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

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Synonyms

certify, license, license, license, permit

Antonyms

decertify, derecognise, derecognize

Related Terms

authority, authorization, carte blanche, certificate, charter, credentials, departure, deviation, dispensation, disregard, divergence, entitlement, free choice, freedom, latitude, leave, liberty, nonconformity, papers, permission, permit, privilege, right