Definition of Licence
Noun: licence lI-sun(t)s
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: license)
- (law) a legal document giving official permission to do something
- license [N. Amer], permit
- Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech)
- license [N. Amer]
- Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
"when liberty becomes licence dictatorship is near"; "the intolerable licence with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum";
- license [N. Amer]
- The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
- license [N. Amer], permission, permit
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: license)
- Authorize officially
"I am licenced to practice law in this state";
- license, certify
Anagrams containing the word licence