a permit from an authority to own or use something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade (especially in alcoholic drink)
formal or official permission to do something
freedom to behave as one wishes, especially in a way which results in excessive or unacceptable behaviour
a writer’s or artist’s freedom to deviate from fact, or from conventions such as grammar, for effect
licentiousness.
a reason or excuse to do something unacceptable