licens — meaning in English
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English meaning
- able adj Having the power, skill, resources, or opportunity to do something.
- licentious adj Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
- unrestrained adj Not held back or controlled; excessive or unchecked.
Senses
licens is used for these senses in English:
- able Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- licentious Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
- unrestrained immoderate; not restrained or held in check; inordinate (literary).
able — full definition
- adj Having the power, skill, resources, or opportunity to do something.
- adj Skilled or competent.
licentious — full definition
- adj Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
- adj Disregarding accepted rules.