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Synonyms for license
ˈlaɪ sənsli·cense

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. license

    In general terms, it may be said that freedom is absolute, liberty relative; freedom is the absence of restraint, liberty is primarily the removal or avoidance of restraint; in its broadest sense, it is the state of being exempt from the domination of others or from restricting circumstances. Freedom and liberty are constantly interchanged; the slave is set at liberty, or gains his freedom; but freedom is the nobler word. Independence is said of states or nations, freedom and liberty of individuals; the independence of the United States did not secure liberty or freedom to its slaves. Liberty keeps quite strictly to the thought of being clear of restraint or compulsion; freedom takes a wider range, applying to other oppressive influences; thus, we speak of freedom from annoyance or intrusion. License is, in its limited sense, a permission or privilege granted by adequate authority, a bounded liberty; in the wider sense, license is an ignoring and defiance of all that should restrain, and a reckless doing of all that individual caprice or passion may choose to do — a base and dangerous counterfeit of freedom. Compare ALLOW; PERMISSION.

    Synonyms:
    emancipation, freedom, independence, liberty

    Antonyms:
    captivity, compulsion, constraint, imprisonment, necessity, obligation, oppression, serfdom, servitude, slavery, superstition, thraldom

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. licenset

    Synonyms:
    permit, allow, indulge

    Antonyms:
    restraint, disallow, withhold, forbid, prohibit

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. license, licence, permitnoun

    a legal document giving official permission to do something

    Synonyms:
    licence, permission, permit

  2. license, licencenoun

    freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

    Synonyms:
    licence, permission, permit

  3. license, licencenoun

    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

    Synonyms:
    licence, permission, permit

  4. license, permission, permitverb

    the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

    Synonyms:
    licence, permission, permit

  5. license, licence, certifyverb

    authorize officially

    "I am licensed to practice law in this state"

    Synonyms:
    indorse, demonstrate, evidence, attest, licence, manifest, certify, endorse

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. licensenoun

    Synonyms:
    permission, privilege, leave, right

  2. licensenoun

    Synonyms:
    permit, warrant

  3. licensenoun

    Synonyms:
    laxity, excessive liberty, exorbitant freedom

  4. licenseverb

    Synonyms:
    permit, allow, grant authority to, give a permit or warrant to

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. licensenoun

    Synonyms:
    privilege, right, lawlessness, anarchy

  2. licenseverb

    Synonyms:
    legalize, permit

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  1. License

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How to use license in a sentence?

  1. Mat Staver:

    The ACLU's motion to again hold Kim Davis in contempt reveals that their interest is not the license but rather a marriage license bearing the name of Kim Davis. They want her scalp to hang on the wall as a trophy.

  2. James Brady:

    For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments.

  3. Tony Abbott:

    Plainly there are questions to be asked when someone with such a history of infatuation with extremism, violent crime and mental instability should be in possession of a gun license, we have very tough gun laws and I guess we can be pleased that he didn't have a more potent weapon at his disposal. But why did he have a gun license in the first place?

  4. James Fenimore Cooper:

    It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.

  5. Alan Simpson:

    A society like ours, which professes no one religion and has allowed all religions to decay, which indulges freedom to the point of license and individualism to the point of anarchy, needs all the support that responsible, cultivated homes can furnish. I hope your generation will provide a firmer shelter for civilized standards.


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