Licence vs. Liberty

Licencenoun

standard spelling of license

Licenceverb

alternative form of license

Licence

Same as license, licensed, licensee.

Licencenoun

excessive freedom; lack of due restraint;

Licencenoun

freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

Licencenoun

a legal document giving official permission to do something

Licenceverb

authorize officially;

Licencenoun

a permit from an authority to own or use something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade (especially in alcoholic drink)

Licencenoun

formal or official permission to do something

Licencenoun

freedom to behave as one wishes, especially in a way which results in excessive or unacceptable behaviour

Licencenoun

a writer's or artist's freedom to deviate from fact, or from conventions such as grammar, for effect

Licencenoun

licentiousness.

Licencenoun

a reason or excuse to do something unacceptable

Libertynoun

The condition of being free from control or restrictions.

Libertynoun

The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.

Libertynoun

The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.

Libertynoun

Freedom from excessive government control.

Libertynoun

A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.

Libertynoun

(often plural) A breach of social convention.

Libertynoun

A local division of government administration in medieval England.

Libertynoun

(game of go) an empty space next to a group of stones of the same color.

Libertynoun

The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; - opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.

Libertynoun

Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.

Libertynoun

A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like.

Libertynoun

Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.

Libertynoun

The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.

Libertynoun

A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison.

Libertynoun

A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.

Libertynoun

The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.

Libertynoun

A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.

Libertynoun

Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.

Libertynoun

immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

Libertynoun

freedom of choice;

Libertynoun

personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression

Libertynoun

leave granted to a sailor or naval officer

Libertynoun

an act of undue intimacy

Liberty

Broadly speaking, liberty is the ability to do as one pleases, or a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant (i.e. privilege).