License

Noun

 * 1) A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
 * 2) The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
 * Even if you bought this product, it does NOT belong to you. You have a license to use it under the terms of this agreement, until you breach this agreement.
 * 1) Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech).
 * 2) Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
 * 3) * 1936, Will Durant and Ariel Durant, The Story of Civilization, page 520:
 * When liberty becomes license dictatorship is near.
 * 1) An academic degree, the holder of which is called a licentiate, ranking slightly below doctorate, awarded by certain European and Latin-American universities.

Verb

 * 1) The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.
 * It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL.
 * 1) Authorize officially.
 * I am licensed to practice law in this state.

Derived terms

 * licensable
 * licensee
 * license plate
 * licenser
 * licensor

Adjectives for License
passionate; poetic; uncontrolled; mocking; wanton; warrantable; unpunished; unchecked; transport; boldest; amplest; unbridled; graceful; roving; ignoble; extraordinary; democratic; driving; vending.

Verbs for License
abuse—; acknowledge—; concede—; deny —; display—; draw—; enjoy—; forge—; grant—; inspect—; obtain—; observe—; practise under—; require—; revoke—; withdraw—; —authorizes; —permits; —protects ; —vouches. (See right, privilege.)

Adverbs for License
legally; medically; authoritatively; officially; nominally; wantonly; properly.

Thesaurus
Lehrfreiheit, OK, academic freedom, accredit, admission, agency, agentship, allow, allowance, anarchy, approve, assign, assignment, assumption, authority, authorization, authorize, blank check, brevet, building permit, care, carte blanche, certificate, certify, chaos, charge, charter, commission, commissioning, commit, commitment, confusion, consent, consign, consignment, constitutional freedom, copyright, cure, debauchery, debauchment, delegate, delegated authority, delegation, deputation, depute, deputize, detach, detail, devolute, devolution, devolve, devolve upon, devolvement, diplomatic immunity, discharge, disobedience, dispensation, dissipation, dissoluteness, document, embassy, empower, empowerment, enable, enfranchise, entitle, entrust, entrusting, entrustment, errand, exception, executorship, exemption, exequatur, fabulous formless darkness, factorship, familiarity, fastness, favor, fishing license, foul-up, franchise, freedom, freedom from fear, freedom from want, freedom of worship, full power, gallantry, give in charge, give official sanction, give power, grant, hassle, hubris, hunting license, immunity, imposition, imprimatur, indiscipline, indulgence, insubordination, interregnum, irresponsibility, jurisdiction, lawlessness, laxity, leave, legalize, legation, legislative immunity, legitimize, let, liberties, libertinage, libertinism, liberty, liberty abused, licentiousness, lieutenancy, loose, looseness, mandate, misrule, mission, mix-up, morass, muddle, mutiny, nihil obstat, office, okay, patent, permission, permission to enter, permit, plenipotentiary power, post, power of attorney, power to act, power vacuum, presumption, presumptuousness, privilege, procuration, profligacy, proxy, purview, rakishness, rampant will, ratify, regency, regentship, relaxation, release, responsibility, run, sanction, screw-up, send out, slackness, snafu, special favor, special permission, suffer, task, the Four Freedoms, the run of, ticket, ticket of admission, transfer, trust, trusteeship, unaccountability, unbridledness, uncontrol, undue liberty, unrestraint, validate, venery, vicarious authority, vouchsafement, waiver, warrant, wenching, whoring, wildness, willfulness

Alternative forms

 * licence (noun)

Etymology
From licence: <  licentia: < licens:, present participle of licere:; compare linquere:,  λείπω:.

Noun

 * Azeri: lisenziya
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: permesilo
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: άδεια


 * Hungarian: vezetői engedély
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: лицензия
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: lisans


 * Arabic: رخصة
 * Azeri: lisenziya
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 執照,执照
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: permesilo
 * Finnish: lupakirja
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek: άδεια
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 免許
 * Korean: 면허 (免許)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: лицензия
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: licens
 * Turkish: lisans


 * Dutch:


 * Dutch: bandeloosheid


 * Dutch: licentiaat
 * French: licence
 * Portuguese: licenciatura


 * Spanish: licenciatura
 * Turkish: lisans

Verb

 * Dutch: licentiëren,


 * German:


 * Dutch:, licentiëren,
 * German:


 * Greek: αδειοδοτώ, δίνω άδεια

Anagrams

 * selenic
 * silence