license
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈlaɪsəns/
- US
:
licencia
- Yet the doctrine does not provide license to believe whatever would please us, facts be damned.
- artistic license
- poetic license
- exercise artistic license
He said, look, I, I get this is a creative license required in the movie, right?
- He said, look, I, I get this is a creative license required in the movie, right?
- And if a government can can silence criticism, it has a license to commit any atrocity.
- And when they sponsor me, it means I get free license.
- And I don't think that being neurodivergent gives you a license to be an asshole.
- And it, it, it, there's a kind of licensing, a kind of sexual license.
- Yeah, we're going to do the biography and then we're going to do the artistic license based on a true story.
- What happened that gave you permission, gave you license personally with your own moral compass to write this book.
- All of that to say is with that and anchored inflation expectations, but not low inflation expectations, the Fed's going to have a license to do more.
- I may not have the creative license I want Whatever currency they're lacking.
- And in that sense, I suppose I'm being a bit maybe giving myself license with with what words mean, but I'm going with woke meaning.
- So then that really gave me the license now to just have a license to steal a license to just go my, it was my dream come true.
Examples
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Even the fool had to sense how much license he could take on a particular day.
Fiction book (1990) -
The right of self-representation is not a license to abuse the dignity of the courtroom.
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This does not give you license over me.
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- You give yourself license to do whatever you wish as long as you can say, "the Lord has said!"
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So how far, then, we might ask, is sexual license "real" freedom?
Academic text (1999) -
Finding the balance between liberty and license has been a national challenge for centuries.
Academic text (2011) -
The press has total license to do and opine with whatever they want on politics.
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And so some people have more of a license to be angry outwardly and publicly.
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The more advanced age of the mothers accorded them unique license and mobility to take action.
Academic text (1994) -
The artist took creative license to express her emotions through bold colors and unconventional designs.
Synonyms
15
4.1
Freedom to act and make choices without someone controlling you
11
8.1
Freedom to act without asking permission
9
3.2
The freedom to act, speak, or think without unnecessary restriction
2
6.7
Freedom a writer or artist takes to change facts to make a story stronger
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
24
2.8
An official paper from the government that allows two people to marry
- Literature
2
6.7
Freedom a writer or artist takes to change facts to make a story stronger
- Formal
1
5.2
A fee the government charges to get permission to sell things or do some jobs
- Formal
An official card showing you finished a safety course and can operate certain boats
- Baby Talk
A playful certificate that teachers give young children to show they can use crayons
- Formal
Official paper that lets a person hunt a specific animal like deer or turkey during a set time
- Specialized
Official permission to sell alcohol for people to drink in a bar or restaurant
How Free
Surface Forms
Etymology
License comes from the Latin licentia, 'freedom', from licere, 'to be allowed'. That's why license can also mean a kind of 'freedom to act' beyond the usual rules, for example in art or behaviour.