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Definition of License
1. Verb. Authorize officially. "I am licensed to practice law in this state"
Generic synonyms: Authorise, Authorize, Clear, Pass
Entails: Approve, O.k., Okay, Sanction
Specialized synonyms: Franchise, Charter, Accredit, Recognise, Recognize
Derivative terms: Certification, Certification, Certification, Certificatory, Licence, Licensee, Licensee, Licenser
Antonyms: Decertify
2. Noun. A legal document giving official permission to do something.
Generic synonyms: Instrument, Legal Document, Legal Instrument, Official Document
Specialized synonyms: Building Permit, Driver's Licence, Driver's License, Driving Licence, Driving License, Fishing Licence, Fishing License, Fishing Permit, Game License, Hunting Licence, Hunting License, Hunting Permit, Learner's Permit, Letter Of Mark And Reprisal, Letter Of Marque, Letters Of Marque, Liquor Licence, Liquor License, Marriage Licence, Marriage License, Wedding Licence, Wedding License, Occupation Licence, Occupation License, Liberty Chit, Pass
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Permit, Permit
3. Noun. Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech).
Generic synonyms: Liberty
Specialized synonyms: Poetic License
Derivative terms: Licence
4. Noun. Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. "The intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"
5. Noun. The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.
Generic synonyms: Authorisation, Authorization, Empowerment
Specialized synonyms: Clearance, Conge, Congee, Allowance, Dispensation, Toleration
Derivative terms: Permit, Permit, Permit
Definition of License
1. n. 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.
2. v. t. To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach.
Definition of License
1. Noun. A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. ¹
2. Noun. The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software. ¹
3. Noun. Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech). ¹
4. Noun. Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. ¹
5. Noun. An academic degree, the holder of which is called a licentiate, ranking slightly below doctorate, awarded by certain European and Latin-American universities. ¹
6. Verb. The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization. ¹
7. Verb. Authorize officially. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of License
1. to issue or grant authoritative permission to [v -CENSED, -CENSING, -CENSES]
Medical Definition of License
1. 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. 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. Synonym: Leave, liberty, permission. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of License
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