license vs take away

license

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. 

noun
  • 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). 

  • Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. 

take away

verb
  • To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent. 

  • To subtract or diminish something. 

  • To remove something and put it in a different place. 

  • To leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later. 

  • To remove a person, usually a family member or other close friend or acquaintance, by kidnapping or killing the person. 

  • To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something. 

  • To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it. 

prep
  • minus 

noun
  • Actions of subtraction or subtracting exercises. 

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