formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.

a certificate, tag, plate, etc., giving proof of such permission; official permit

a driver's license.

permission to do or not to do something.

intentional deviation from rule, convention, or fact, as for the sake of literary or artistic effect

poetic license.

exceptional freedom allowed in a special situation.

excessive or undue freedom or liberty.

licentiousness.

the legal right to use a patent owned by another.

to grant authoritative permission or license to.

noun

ban , prohibition , refusal , withholding , reason

verb

ban , prohibit , refuse , withhold

noun

authorization , carte blanche * , certificate , charter , consent , dispensation , entitlement , exemption , freedom , go-ahead * , grant , green light * , immunity , independence , latitude , leave , liberty , okay * , permit , privilege , right , self-determination , ticket , unconstraint , warrant , anarchy , animalism , arrogance , audacity , boldness , complacency , debauchery , disorder , effrontery , excess , forwardness , gluttony , immoderation , impropriety , irresponsibility , lawlessness , laxity , looseness , presumptuousness , prodigality , profligacy , refractoriness , relaxation , relaxedness , sauciness , self-indulgence , sensuality , slackness , temerity , unrestraint , unruliness , wantonness , wildness , allowance , approbation , approval , endorsement , sanction , dissoluteness , dissolution , libertinism , licentiousness

verb

accredit , allow , certify , commission , empower , enable , let , permit , privilege , sanction , suffer , warrant , entitle , qualify , authority , authorize , certificate , charter , entitlement , excise , franchise , freedom , laxity , leave , legalize , liberty , looseness , pass , passport , patent , permission , proof , unrestraint , variance