Analysis Complete

licence

/ licence /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a legal document giving official permission to do something
Type of:
legal document legal instrument official document
Kinds of:
building permit driver's license driver's licence driving license driving licence
Derived:
allow permit tolerate let countenance
Domain:
law jurisprudence
noun Sense 2
freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
Type of:
liberty
Kinds of:
poetic license
Derived:
license certify
noun Sense 3
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"
Type of:
liberty
verb Sense 4
authorize officially
"I am licensed to practice law in this state"
Opposites:
decertify derecognize derecognise
Type of:
authorize authorise pass
Kinds of:
franchise charter accredit recognize recognise
Derived:
certificate certification credential credentials authentication
Entails:
approve O.K. okay
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Semantic Complexity
75%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
37
Times Searched
2
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legal document legal instrument official document building permit driver's license driver's licence driving license driving licence liberty poetic license authorize authorise