licence meaning and definition

LICENCE noun

Definition of licence (noun)

1. 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
   • synonyms: license
2. freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
   • synonyms: license
3. a legal document giving official permission to do something
   • synonyms: license, permit

LICENCE verb

Definition of licence (verb)

1. authorize officially
   • "I am licensed to practice law in this state"
   • synonyms: certify, license
   • antonym: decertify