license

Meanings

• a legal document giving official permission to do something
• freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
• excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; - Will Durant; - Edmund Burke
  • "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"
  • "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"
• the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
• authorize officially
  • "I am licensed to practice law in this state"

Synonyms

certify, licence, permission, permit