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Nouns
(n)
license
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licence
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permit
a legal document giving official permission to do something
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(n)
license
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licence
freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
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(n)
license
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licence
excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
“when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near” (Will Durant)
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“the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum” (Edmund Burke)
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(n)
license
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permission
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permit
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
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Verbs
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license
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licence
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certify
authorize officially
“I am licensed to practice law in this state”
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