liability vs license

liability

noun
  • The condition of being susceptible to something. 

  • A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; an individual or action that exposes others to greater risk. 

  • Any item recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet. 

  • An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone. 

  • A person on a team that is more of a hindrance than a help. 

  • The likelihood of something happening. 

license

noun
  • Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. 

  • The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software. 

  • A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. 

  • Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech). 

verb
  • To give permission or freedom to; accept. 

  • To authorize officially. 

  • To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation. 

  • To permit (as grammatically correct). 

  • To give formal authorization to use. 

How often have the words liability and license occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )