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license
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of LICENSE
to give official or legal power to <a state statute licenses county sheriffs to choose their own deputies>
Synonyms accredit, certify, charter [British], commission, empower, enable, invest, license (also licence), qualify, vest, warrant
Related Words approve, clear, credential, endorse (also indorse), OK (or okay), sanction; affirm, confirm, validate; inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, swear in; allow, let, permit; enfranchise, entitle, privilege
Near Antonyms ban, bar, block, constrain, deny, disallow, disbar, discourage, disenfranchise, disfranchise, exclude, hinder, hold back, impede, inhibit, obstruct, prevent, shut out, stop; enjoin, forbid, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, veto
Antonyms disqualify
Variants of LICENSE
license also licence
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