license
 li·cense (līʹsəns)n.
1.
a. Official or legal permission to do or own a specified thing. See Synonyms at permission.
b. A document, plate, or tag that is issued as proof of official or legal permission:
a driver's license.
2. Deviation from normal rules, practices, or methods in order to achieve a certain end or effect.
3. Latitude of action, especially in behavior or speech. See Synonyms at freedom.
4.
a. Lack of due restraint; excessive freedom: “When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near” (Will Durant).
b. Heedlessness for the precepts of proper behavior; licentiousness.tr.v. li·censed, li·cens·ing, li·cens·es
1. To give or yield permission to or for.
2. To grant a license to or for; authorize. See Synonyms at authorize. [Middle English licence, from Old French, from Medieval Latin licentia, authorization, from Latin, freedom, from licēns, licent- present participle of licēre, to be permitted.] liʹcens·a·ble adj.liʹcens·er or li'cen·sorʹ (-sən-sôrʹ) n.
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