license

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. permission, authority; freedom, licentiousness. See impurity.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Unbridled use of freedom]

Syn. 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*.

2. [A formal permission]

Syn. permit, consent, grant; see permission .

See Synonym Study at freedom . v.

Syn. permit, authorize, privilege, accredit; see allow 1 , commission .

See Synonym Study at commission .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

1. permit permission, authorization, entitlement, privilege, grant, right.

2. freedom liberty, latitude, free hand, indulgence, presumption, immoderation, unrestraint, looseness, excess, boldness.

ANT.: 1. prohibition, restriction. 2. restriction, restraint

II

v.

permit, authorize, allow, sanction, warrant, certify, accredit.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. 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 ALLOW. 2. Proof of legal permission to do something: permit, warrant. Idiom: piece of paper. See ALLOW, LAW. 3. Departure from normal rules or procedures: freedom, liberty. See RESTRAINT. 4. Excessive freedom; lack of restraint: dissoluteness, dissolution, libertinism, licentiousness, profligacy. See RESTRAINT. II verb To give authority to: accredit, authorize, commission, empower, enable, entitle, qualify. See ALLOW.