definition of
[license]

[1] #1 license n. [licence, permit] a legal document giving official permission to do something. wn

[2] #2 license n. [licence] freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech). wn

[3] #3 license v. [licence, certify] authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state". wn

[4] #4 license n. [licence] excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke. wn

[5] #5 license n. [permission, permit] the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization. wn