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license has 4 distinct synonyms spread across 5 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a legal document giving official permission to do something
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for license come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization