English to English noun
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a legal document giving official permission to do something |  | source: wordnet30
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freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) |  | source: wordnet30
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excessive freedom; lack of due restraint |  | Example: when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum
source: wordnet30
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the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization |  | source: wordnet30
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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. |  | source: webster1913 verb
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authorize officially |  | Example: I am licensed to practice law in this state
source: wordnet30
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To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach. |  | source: webster1913
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