Oh my word License, Licence, Licentiate, Licentious

Do you have a licence to drive the four-wheeler? Yes, I’m licenced to drive not only the four-wheelers but also motorcycles!

“A society in which many sweat and a few flourish can never be conducive to happiness. The sooner the citadel of wealth and education, which is nothing but another form of affairs has made us licentious and servile.” –Godan by Premchand

In British English, the standard spelling is licence(noun) but in American English it is license.

Licence also functions a verb, and its variants are licences, licencing, licenced (its American English equivalents are licenses, licensing, licensed).

People enjoy drinking in licensed premises otherwise they could end up behind the bars of a police station.

The person who has a licence to have or to do something is a licencee; for example someone possessing a gun is the licencee.

Licence is a legal document given by an official body in a country in order to permit him or her to do something. Licence is a permit to do something. You cannot open a liquor-shop, or a bar and restaurant without having a licence.

You should have a licence to use a product such as the software, or the content of a movie or a book. One of the fundamental tasks of governments (at the federal and regional level) is to give licence to individuals and companies to provide or produce a product in order to maintain order in the society.

Some shops in the residential areas and in some streets in the UK bear the sin of ‘Off-licence’which means they are licenced to sell alcohol to the customers.

Marriage is a social licence for two individuals to live together though it is gaining ground to live without marrying.

In American English license also means excessive freedom, lack of due restraint, unbridled freedom.

In the context of academics, a licentiate is person whose academic accomplishment or achievement is slightly below the doctorate. Licentiate degrees are awarded in Latin-American and European universities.

A licentious person is someone who lacks restraint from doing something especially those that are not customarily accepted.

Licentious is an adjective. Licentious means having no restraint, having no respect and not following societal standards especially in sexual conduct; a licentious person is someone who disregards accepted or established rules in the society.

Couples behaving licentiously (lack of control over their sexual emotions)in a public place can get into trouble with the police.

The variants of licentious are licentiously (adverb) and licentiousness(noun). Celebrities can make news with their licentiousness (debauchery).