licence
noun UK (US license) /ˈlaɪ.səns/Definition
A2 [C] an official document that gives you permission to own, do, or use something, usually after you have paid money and/or taken a test: a dog licence a driving licence (US driver's license) a TV licenceOfficial documents › [S or U] formal permission or freedom to do what you want: As parents, they allowed their children very little licence. [+ to infinitive] He was given licence to reform the organization.Freedom to actOpportunity artistic/poetic licence › the freedom of artists, writers, etc. to change the facts of the real world when producing artFreedom to actOpportunity under licence › with special permission from the person or company who has created a product: It's a German product, made under licence in British factories.Allowing and permitting
(Definition of licence noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) free as a bird idiom
- at will idiom
- autonomous adjective
- autonomy noun
- be a law unto yourself idiom
- feel free idiom
- free agent noun
- free country noun
- free hand noun
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- liberated adjective
- liberating adjective
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