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license

[lahy-suhns] / ˈlaɪ səns /
NOUN
authority, permission
Synonyms
STRONGEST
authorization certificate charter consent exemption grant immunity permit privilege right ticket warrant
STRONG
dispensation entitlement freedom go ahead independence latitude leave liberty okay self-determination unconstraint
WEAK
carte blanche green light
Antonyms
STRONGEST
responsibility
STRONG
denial imprisonment incarceration limitation refusal restraint restriction subordination veto
WEAK
ban prohibition reason withholding
NOUN
abandon, indulgence
Synonyms
STRONG
anarchy animalism arrogance audacity boldness complacency debauchery disorder effrontery excess forwardness gluttony immoderation impropriety irresponsibility lawlessness laxity looseness presumptuousness prodigality profligacy refractoriness relaxation sauciness self-indulgence sensuality slackness temerity unrestraint unruliness wantonness wildness
WEAK
relaxedness
Antonyms
STRONG
care caution cowardice humility meekness modesty order
WEAK
ban prohibition reason refusal withholding
VERB
authorize
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accredit allow certify empower enable permit
STRONG
commission let privilege sanction suffer warrant
Antonyms
STRONGEST
deny disallow disapprove refuse reject
STRONG
prevent
WEAK
ban prohibit withhold

Example Sentences

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Earlier this week, BWX notified regulators of its intent to license a new uranium enrichment plant adjacent to its existing nuclear fuel site in Tennessee.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

“Officers came up and asked him for his driver’s license. He handed over his driver’s license and then they told him they were ICE and they’re gonna take him into custody,” Kolasinski said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

If you don’t start to read a putt until it is your turn, and you do that 18 times, you have lost your license to complain about the pace of others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

But in early March, the North Dakota Attorney General sought to revoke the group’s charitable gaming license and fine them, alleging that an investigation had found “multiple violations of state gaming laws and regulations.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

If it had not been for Roberto and those driving lessons in the van behind the gas company, I would have done worse, and I would not have gotten my driver’s license.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

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