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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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