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License

Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors.

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Manner of action 4

Accredit 76% connected

To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.

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Charter 76% connected

A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.

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Franchise 76% connected

Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

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Recognize 76% connected

To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.

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Narrower term 8

Allowance 76% connected

Approval; approbation.

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Clearance 76% connected

The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.

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Conge 76% connected

The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.

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Congee 76% connected

See Conge, Conge.

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Dispensation 76% connected

The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts a…

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Marauding 76% connected

of Maraud

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Toleration 76% connected

The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved.

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Broader term 6

Authorization 76% connected

The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.

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Authorize 76% connected

To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.

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Clear 76% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Instrument 76% connected

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…

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Liberty 76% connected

The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to sla…

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Derivationally related 8

Certify 74% connected

To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.

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Certify 74% connected

To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.

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Licence 74% connected

a legal document giving official permission to do something

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Licence 74% connected

a legal document giving official permission to do something

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Licentious 74% connected

Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.

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Licentious 74% connected

Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.

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Approve 72% connected

To show to be real or true; to prove.

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Sanction 72% connected

Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; es…

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Synonym 4

Certify 92% connected

To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.

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Licence 92% connected

a legal document giving official permission to do something

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Permission 92% connected

The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Permit 92% connected

To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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