licence
     n 1: 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 [syn: {license}]
     2: freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable
        rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
        [syn: {license}]
     3: a legal document giving official permission to do something
        [syn: {license}, {permit}]
     v : authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this
         state" [syn: {license}, {certify}] [ant: {decertify}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0