License word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "license" word

[noun] the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
[noun] a legal document giving official permission to do something
[noun] freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
[noun] 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
[verb] authorize officially

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\Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), n. [Written also {licence}.] [F. licence, L. licentia, fr. licere to be permitted, prob. orig., to be left free to one; akin to linquere to leave. See {Loan}, and cf. {Illicit}, {Leisure}.] 1. Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors. To have a license and a leave at London to dwell. --P. Plowman. 2. The document granting such permission. --Addison. 3. Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety. License they mean when they cry liberty. --Milton. 4. That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc. Syn: Leave; liberty; permission.
\Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Licensed} (l[imac]"senst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Licensing}.] To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach. --Milton. Shak.

Synonyms for license

certify, licence, licence, licence, permission, permit, permit

Antonyms: decertify, derecognise, derecognize

Related terms: authorization, certificate, commissioning, confusion, consignment, copyright, devolve, disobedience, empower, freedom from want, full power, libertinism, liberty abused, mission, mix-up, OK, permission, responsibility, snafu, task, ticket of admission, waiver

The fun area, different aproach to word »license«

Let's analyse "license" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 42.9% of vowels is 4.3% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ESNECIL. Average typing speed for these characters is 1975 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .-.. .. -.-. . -. ... .

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: license: 9 + 5 + 5 = 19, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: license: 3 + 9 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 1 + 5 = 31, reduced: 4, and the final result is Four.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
E (2)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
S (1)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive

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