license
- Noun. A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- Noun. The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
- Noun. Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech).
- Noun. Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
- Noun. An academic degree, the holder of which is called a licentiate, ranking slightly below doctorate, awarded by certain European and Latin-American universities.
- Verb. The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.
- Verb. Authorize officially.
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