The Clue
Permit (7 letter answer)
The Answer
LICENSE
Tags
Notes
The answer LICENSE is uncommon, appearing about once every 575 puzzles.
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Definition
LICENSE as a noun:
1. (license, licence, permit) = a legal document giving official permission to do something
2. (license, licence) = freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
3. (license, licence) = excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
4. (license, permission, permit) = the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
LICENSE as a verb:
1. (license, licence, certify) = authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state"