license
noun
1. a legal document giving official permission to do something
Similar word(s): licence, permit
Definition categories: communication, instrument
2. freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
Similar word(s): licence
Definition categories: state, liberty
3. 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): licence
Definition categories: state, liberty
4. the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Similar word(s): permission, permit
Definition categories: act, authorization, empowerment
Sentences with license as a noun:
- Even if you bought this product, it does NOT belong to you. You have a license to use it under the terms of this agreement, until you breach this agreement.