1.Definition: a legal document giving official permission to do something

Related Noun(s):licence, permit

Category: General

2.Definition: excessive freedom; lack of due restraint

"When liberty becomes license dictatorship is near", "The intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"

Related Noun(s):licence

Category: General

3.Definition: freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

Related Noun(s):licence

Category: General

4.Definition: the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

Related Noun(s):permission, permit

Category: General