"licence" in the noun sense
1. license, licence
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
2. license, licence
freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
3. license, licence, permit
a legal document giving official permission to do something
"licence" in the verb sense
1. license, licence, certify
authorize officially
"I am licensed to practice law in this state"
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