licence (n.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: license ]

  2. freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

    [ Syn: license ]

  3. a legal document giving official permission to do something

    [ Syn: license , permit ]

    licence (v.)

  1. authorize officially; I am licensed to practice law in this state

    [ Syn: license , certify ]

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