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Definition of Licence
1. Noun. Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. "The intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"
2. Verb. Authorize officially. "I am licensed to practice law in this state"
Generic synonyms: Authorise, Authorize, Clear, Pass
Entails: Approve, O.k., Okay, Sanction
Specialized synonyms: Franchise, Charter, Accredit, Recognise, Recognize
Derivative terms: Certification, Certification, Certification, Certificatory, Licensee, License, License, Licensee, Licenser
Antonyms: Decertify
3. Noun. Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech).
4. Noun. A legal document giving official permission to do something.
Generic synonyms: Instrument, Legal Document, Legal Instrument, Official Document
Specialized synonyms: Building Permit, Driver's Licence, Driver's License, Driving Licence, Driving License, Fishing Licence, Fishing License, Fishing Permit, Game License, Hunting Licence, Hunting License, Hunting Permit, Learner's Permit, Letter Of Mark And Reprisal, Letter Of Marque, Letters Of Marque, Liquor Licence, Liquor License, Marriage Licence, Marriage License, Wedding Licence, Wedding License, Occupation Licence, Occupation License, Liberty Chit, Pass
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: License, Permit, Permit
Definition of Licence
1. Noun. (British Canada) (form of standard spelling license) ¹
2. Verb. (UK Canada) (alternative form of license) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Licence
1. to license [v -CENCED, -CENCING, -CENCES] - See also: license
Lexicographical Neighbors of Licence
Literary usage of Licence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Niagara Historical Society (1898)
"Samuel Silvester of y* parish of Weston and Sarah Newman, by licence. Nov. ...
Ralph Steward of Alcester to Christian Smith of this Parish, by licence. 22. ..."
2. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"Shoreditch. in the county of Middlesex, а-й held a licence for public music
un<l--r 25 Geo. 2, c. 36. On the 16th of November, 1870, the defendant permitted ..."
3. Publications by Surrey Parish Register Society (1905)
"Higgs (M), both Robert Skinner, Mary Stacey (M). both John Rowe, r, and Elizabeth
Watts, of R.; licence. Witnesses : S' .. . _ . ..."
4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"A licence is not required for beaters and assistants who go out with holders of
a game licence. The licence is granted by the Inland Revenue Department. ..."
5. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil by Thomas Starkie (1891)
"Whether the marriage has been solemnized upon a licence granted, or the publication
of ... And, therefore, where one of the parties was married by licence, ..."
6. The Lancet (1842)
"... and no one is entitled to practise as an apothecary in England and Wale« who
was not in practice before 1815, or has not a licence from the London ..."
7. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"MARRAM: BY licence.—Marriage licences are of i wo kinds:— U) Л Common licence,
dispensing with the necessity for banns, granted by the Archbishops and ..."
8. The Gentleman's Magazine (1814)
"308, is given, from a book printed in 1599, "A licence for a Man to kepe an his
Cappe." The same /arm of licence occurs in a volume in my possession, ..."
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