LICENCE

license, licence, permit

(noun) a legal document giving official permission to do something

license, licence

(noun) freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

license, licence

(noun) excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; “when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near”- Will Durant; “the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum”- Edmund Burke

license, licence, certify

(verb) authorize officially; “I am licensed to practice law in this state”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

licence (countable and uncountable, plural licences)

(British, Canada, Australia, South Africa) Standard spelling of license.

Verb

licence (third-person singular simple present licences, present participle licencing, simple past and past participle licenced)

(UK, Canada, South Africa, nonstandard) Alternative form of license

Usage notes

• In British English, Canadian English, Irish English, Australian English, South African English, and New Zealand English the noun is spelled licence and the verb is license.

• The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.

Source: Wiktionary