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noun, formal permission or exemption
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licence or license
- 1) noun, a certificate, tag, document, etc, giving official permission to do something
- 2) noun, formal permission or exemption
- 3) noun, liberty of action or thought; freedom
- 4) noun, intentional disregard of or deviation from conventional rules to achieve a certain effect
- 5) noun, excessive freedom
- 6) noun, licentiousness
Etymology
C14: via Old French and Medieval Latin licentia permission, from Latin: freedom, from licet it is allowed
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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Synonyms
freedom, liberty, certificate, document, permit, charter, warrant, permission, authority, leave, sanction, privilege, immunity, entitle, exempt, prerogative, authorize, dispensation, carte blanche, blank cheque, latitude, independence, deviation, leeway, loose, abandon, disorder, excess, indulgence, anarchy, lawless, impropriety, profligate, licentious, unruly, immoderate
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