1. licence - Noun
2. licence - Verb
a legal document giving official permission to do something
freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
authorize officially
excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
Source: WordNetI lurch from chaos to chaos. I can't find my driving licence and my clothes are everywhere – cooking is the neatest thing I do. Nigella Lawson
I have to get a licence to drive a motorcycle to protect myself and the people around me. I am adamant there should be some sort of licensing required to have children. Tim Allen
The commonplace needs no defence, Dullness is in the critic's eyes, Without a licence life evolves From some dim phase its own surprise; Under these yellow-twinkling elms, Behind these hedges trimly shorn, As in a stable once, so here It may be born, it may be born. William Plomer
I didn't get my licence because I wasn't allowed to. But I haven't had a seizure for a long time so I could, theoretically, get my licence. But I'm now just so used to not driving, I'm scared of what I'd do. Hugo Weaving
I want the BBC to be a mass market public service broadcaster still funded by the licence fee... and the licence fee is more durable than many people in the commercial sector believe. Gavyn Davies
Hard is a new law imposed on old licence. Italian Proverb