Synonyms for license
noun
Unbridled use of freedom
looseness, excess, laxity, slackness, relaxedness, effrontery, arrogance, sauciness, immoderation, debauchery, sensuality, gluttony, audacity, forwardness, temerity, boldness, complacency, wantonness, prodigality, epicureanism, wild living, lawlessness, indulgence, presumptuousness, unrestraint, licentiousness, self-indulgence, profligacy, unruliness, refractoriness, gall*, brass*, crust*.
A formal permission
permit, consent, grant; see permission. See syn. study at freedom.
See license in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
The approving of an action, especially when done by one in authority:
allowance, approbation, approval, authorization, consent, endorsement, leave2, permission, permit, sanction. (Informal) OK. See allowProof of legal permission to do something:
permit, warrant. Idiom: piece of paper. See allow, lawDeparture from normal rules or procedures:
freedom, liberty. See restraintExcessive freedom; lack of restraint:
dissoluteness, dissolution, libertinism, licentiousness, profligacy. See restraint
verb
To give authority to:
accredit, authorize, commission, empower, enable, entitle, qualify. See allow
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