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Noun
- the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
- 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
- freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
- a legal document giving official permission to do something
Verb
- authorize officially
- I am licensed to practice law in this state