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Meaning of licence in English

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Verb

    licence

    Definitions

    1. authorize officially

    Examples

    • « I am licensed to practice law in this state »

    Antonyms

    • decertify
    • derecognize
    • derecognise
  2. Noun

    licence

    Definitions

    1. excessive freedom

    Examples

    • « 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 »
  3. 2. freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
  4. 3. a legal document giving official permission to do something

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