Synonyms: permission, permit, license
Definition: the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Similar words: authorisation, authorization, empowerment
Definition: the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
Synonyms: licence, license, permit
Definition: a legal document giving official permission to do something
Similar words: instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document
Definition: (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
Definition: freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
Similar words: liberty
Definition: freedom of choice
Usage: liberty of opinion; liberty of worship; liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases; at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes
Definition: excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
Usage: when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near- Will Durant; the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum- Edmund Burke
Similar words: liberty
Definition: freedom of choice
Usage: liberty of opinion; liberty of worship; liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases; at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes
Synonyms: certify, licence, license
Definition: authorize officially
Usage: I am licensed to practice law in this state
Similar words: pass, authorise, authorize, clear
Definition: grant authorization or clearance for
Usage: Clear the manuscript for publication; The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography