licence
Chiefly British. a variant of license.
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How to use licence in a sentence
Hulagu then gave his men licence to rape, kill and plunder with the caveat that Christians and Jews were to be spared.
In Threatening Baghdad, Militants Seek to Undo 800 Years of History | Justin Marozzi | August 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThus Ney returned to France in disgrace with his comrades, and hated by his enemies owing to the licence he allowed his soldiers.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonOn July 19 a proclamation was issued forbidding the possession of firearms without licence.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanIn 1904 there was only one drinking-saloon, kept by a Bohemian-born American, who paid $6,000 a year for his monopoly licence.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanYet who could truthfully charge her with having obtained her divorce in order thereby to claim any fresh licence for herself?
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry Ward
It contains a vigorous attack on the licence of the press and of the "impudent, rascally Printer."
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward Gibbon
British Dictionary definitions for licence
US license
/ (ˈlaɪsəns) /
a certificate, tag, document, etc, giving official permission to do something
formal permission or exemption
liberty of action or thought; freedom
intentional disregard of or deviation from conventional rules to achieve a certain effect: poetic licence
excessive freedom
licentiousness
Origin of licence
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