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Noun
S: (n) license, licence, permit (a legal document giving official permission to do something)
S: (n) license, licence (freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech))
S: (n) license, licence (excessive freedom; lack of due restraint) "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
S: (n) license, permission, permit (the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization)
Verb
S: (v) license, licence, certify (authorize officially) "I am licensed to practice law in this state"
S: (v) authorize, authorise, pass, clear (grant authorization or clearance for) "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
S: (v) permit, allow, let, countenance (consent to, give permission) "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
S: (v) accept, consent, go for (give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to) "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
S: (v) act, move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)) "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"