licence
noun
1. excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
- when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near
- the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum
Similar word(s): license
Definition categories: state, liberty
2. freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
Similar word(s): license
Definition categories: state, liberty
3. a legal document giving official permission to do something
Similar word(s): license, permit
Definition categories: communication, instrument