license
A paper or card from the government or other authority that says you can do something.
An official document or card issued by an authority that grants permission to do or own something.
The right to do something that is given by a person or group in power.
The legal or formal permission to do something, granted by an authority.
To give someone permission from the government or another authority to do something.
To grant official permission to someone or something, usually through an official document or process.
Freedom to do what you want without caring about rules, which can be bad.
Excessive freedom that results in behavior without regard for rules or standards, often considered inappropriate or harmful.
- Base: license
- Variant Spelling: licence
- Plural: license, licenses
- Base: license
- Variant Spelling: licence
- 3rd Person Singular: licenses
- Present Participle: licensing
- Past: licensed
- Spelling Variant: licence Verb
- Spelling Variant: licence Noun
license to kill
1Official right to kill legally
Permission from someone in power, like the government, to kill people without breaking the law.
- In spy movies, agents often have a license to kill.
- He joked that his new role gave him a license to kill.
artistic license
1Freedom to alter facts creatively
When artists change details for their art instead of keeping everything true to real life.
- The film took artistic license with the historical events.
- Artistic license allows novelists to create fictional characters in real settings.
artistic license
2freedom to change facts in art
The freedom for an artist or writer to change facts or details so that a story, picture, or film is more interesting or effective.
- The film takes a lot of artistic license with the true story.
- The painter used artistic license and changed the colors of the landscape.
- Readers complained that the author had gone too far with artistic license.
poetic license
1Freedom to break rules for art
Freedom for artists to change facts or rules to make their work better.
- The author used poetic license in changing the story's ending.
- The director took some poetic license with the historical events.
- Poetic license lets writers bend grammar rules.
- Writers often use poetic license to make their stories more exciting.