Antonyms for license
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : lahy-suh ns |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪ səns |
Definition of license
Origin :- see licence. Related: Licensed; licensing.
- noun authority, permission
- noun abandon, indulgence
- verb authorize
- But the license is actually got: the parson is provided: the pedant Brand is the man.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- His license as pastor of the Baptist chapel at Bedford was issued on the 9th.
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- And to some extent, every one, a poet be he or a cobbler, enjoys such a license.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- He ain't got any license to run a mile with a leg like that!
- Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
- I love liberty myself, but it mustn't degenerate into license.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- Toward evening I can go down to where he lies and take the license with me.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- Their meeting itself was illegal, and our license has been abused.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- Isn't there a way of getting a Bishop's license to marry in a week?
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- His name was not on the signboard, and the license was for another person.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- Don't you see that all this license is one of the prices of liberty?
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
Synonyms for license
- accredit
- allow
- anarchy
- animalism
- arrogance
- audacity
- authorization
- boldness
- carte blanche
- certificate
- certify
- charter
- commission
- complacency
- consent
- debauchery
- disorder
- dispensation
- effrontery
- empower
- enable
- entitlement
- excess
- exemption
- forwardness
- freedom
- gluttony
- go-ahead
- grant
- green light
- immoderation
- immunity
- impropriety
- independence
- irresponsibility
- latitude
- lawlessness
- laxity
- leave
- let
- liberty
- looseness
- okay
- permit
- presumptuousness
- privilege
- prodigality
- profligacy
- refractoriness
- relaxation
- relaxedness
- right
- sanction
- sauciness
- self-determination
- self-indulgence
- sensuality
- slackness
- suffer
- temerity
- ticket
- unconstraint
- unrestraint
- unruliness
- wantonness
- warrant
- wildness
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