noun, feminine/li.sɑ̃s/plural: licences
licence; permit, certificate; bachelor's degree (three-year long); licence: excessive or undue freedom or liberty
“L'Assemblée nationale, considérant que la liberté affermit les empires, mais que la licence les détruit,... a décrété la présente loi martiale:” — The National Assembly, considering that liberty strengthens the empires, but licence destroys them,... has decreed the present martial law:
Synonyms: bachelier
Inherited from Old French licence, borrowed from Latin licentia.