nnoun.stateexcessive freedom; lack of due restraintSynset:license
Examples:- when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near - Will Durant
- the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum - Edmund Burke
Derivationally Related Form:licentious
Hypernyms:liberty
Inherited Hypernyms:licenselibertyfreedomstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.statefreedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)Synset:license
Derivationally Related Form:licence
Hypernyms:liberty
Inherited Hypernyms:licenselibertyfreedomstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:poetic license
Full Hyponyms:poetic license
nnoun.communicationa legal document giving official permission to do somethingTopic:jurisprudencelaw
Synset:license permit
Derivationally Related Form:permitlicense
Hypernyms:instrument legal document legal instrument official document
Inherited Hypernyms:licenselegal documentdocumentwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:building permitdriver's licencedriver's licensedriving licencedriving licensefishing licencefishing licensefishing permitgame licensehunting licencehunting licensehunting permitlearner's permitletter of mark and reprisalletter of marqueletters of marqueliberty chitliquor licenceliquor licensemarriage licencemarriage licenseoccupation licenceoccupation licensepasswedding licencewedding license
Full Hyponyms:building permitdriver's licensefishing licensehunting licenselearner's permitletter of marqueliquor licensemarriage licenseoccupation licenseon-licensepass
vverb.socialauthorize officiallySynset:certify license
Examples:- I am licensed to practice law in this state
Antonyms:decertify
Derivationally Related Form:certificatorylicencelicenseelicenserlicensecertification
Hypernyms:authorise authorize clear pass
Inherited Hypernyms:licenseauthorizepermitacceptreactact
Direct Hyponyms:accreditcharterfranchiserecogniserecognize
Entailment:O.K. approve okay sanction
Full Troponyms:accreditcharterfranchise
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE