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Official permission to do the thing you'd otherwise be arrested for.
means A formal authorization granting you the legal right to do, use, or own something.
from From Latin licentia, meaning freedom or permission, born of licere, to be allowed — the word itself was permitted into English around the 1300s.
Two spellingsNoun license, verb licence — Britain swaps them.
Poetic licensePermission to be wrong on purpose.
Marriage versionA license to fight over the thermostat.