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The Answer
LICENCES
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The answer LICENCES is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
LICENCE as a noun:
1. (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
2. (license, licence) = freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
3. (license, licence, permit) = a legal document giving official permission to do something
LICENCE as a verb:
1. (license, licence, certify) = authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state"