licence

Plural: licences

Noun

• excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; - Will Durant; - Edmund Burke
• freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
• a legal document giving official permission to do something
• UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore standard spelling of license.

Verb

Verb Forms: licenced, licencing, licences

• To grant official permission for something; an alternative spelling of license.
• authorize officially
• Misspelling of license.

Examples

• The Words With Friends dictionary will licence your word, or deny it.

Synonyms

certify, license, permit

Antonyms

decertify

Anagrams of licence