licences
Authorisations to proceed
Licences is the British spelling of the plural noun licenses—official permissions or documents granting permission: driver's licences, software licences, fishing licences.
In British usage, the noun takes a C while the verb takes an S (license), though American English uses S for both.
Formal permission granted
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
credentials · accreditation · compliance · renewal · application · revocation · suspension · issuance
Absence of unjust constraint
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
- permissionGranted right to act
- leewayPermissible margin of freedom
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
flexibility · privilege · exemption · dispensation · free rein · carte blanche · scope · allowance
authorization
Formal permission granted
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- approvalFavorable opinion given
documentation · credentials · accreditation · compliance · renewal · application · revocation · suspension · issuance
liberty
Absence of unjust constraint
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
- permissionGranted right to act
- leewayPermissible margin of freedom
discretion · flexibility · privilege · exemption · dispensation · free rein · carte blanche · scope · allowance · sanction
- UK GovernmentWestminster, Whitehall, Downing Street, Home Office, Foreign Office
- parish recordsbaptisms, parish registers, burials, marriages, christenings
licencesprohibitions
Formal orders against something
bans · restrictions · interdictions · proscriptions · denials
licencesrevocations
Formal withdrawals of privileges
cancellations · suspensions · withdrawals · annulments · rescissions
licencesconstraints
Limits on action
limitations · controls · regulations · curbs · fetters
- artistic licenceCreative deviation from accuracy
- licence plateVehicle identification panel
- driving licenceOfficial vehicle operation authorization
- poetic licencePermitted creative deviation
- liquor licenceAuthorization to sell alcohol
- driver licencesDocuments authorizing vehicle operation