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license

noun
  1. The approving of an action, especially when done by one in authority: allowance, approbation, approval, authorization, consent, endorsement, leave 2, permission, permit, sanction. Informal: OK. See allow
  2. Proof of legal permission to do something: permit, warrant. Idiom: piece of paper. See allow, law
  3. Departure from normal rules or procedures: freedom, liberty. See restraint
  4. Excessive freedom; lack of restraint: dissoluteness, dissolution, libertinism, licentiousness, profligacy. See restraint
verb
To give authority to: accredit, authorize, commission, empower, enable, entitle, qualify. See allow
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