Licence

//ˈlaɪ.səns// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore standard spelling of license. countable, uncountable

    "In some areas they have attempted to decasualize certain types of employment and to control street-trading by a local licensing system requiring juveniles to obtain their licences through the committees."

  2. 2
    a legal document giving official permission to do something wordnet
  3. 3
    freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) wordnet
  4. 4
    excessive freedom; lack of due restraint wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    Misspelling of license. Canada, South-Africa, UK, alt-of, misspelling, nonstandard
  2. 2
    authorize officially wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
authorizationpermitauthoritycarte blanchecertificatecertify

Example

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"I had my licence renewed a week ago."

Related phrases

artistic licencedriver licencedriver's licencedriving licencefirearms licencefly without a licencefree on licensegun licencehigh licencelicence launderinglicence platelicence to crenellate

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