relicense
verb[T]
(UKalsorelicence);(re-license,re-licence)uk/ˌriːˈlaɪ.səns/us/ˌriːˈlaɪ.səns/to give orreceiveofficialpermissionto do or have something again,especiallyafter theoriginalpermissionhas come to an end:
Thegovernmenthas relicensed theprojectfor another twentyyears.
I have to re-license mycarnextmonth.
- Thereneedsto be athoroughinspectionbefore we can relicense thefactory.
- Thebishopcanrefuseto re-license apriestwho hasbroughttheChurchintodisrepute.
- Theagencywould not relicense thepowerstationuntil itmetitsnewenvironmentalstandards.
Allowing and permitting
- admission
- admit ofsomething
- allow ofsomething
- allowable
- approval
- authorization
- authorize
- clearance
- entrance
- given the chance/choiceidiom
- green-light
- hall pass
- imprimatur
- left
- liberty
- relicensure
- say-so
- security clearance
- seeyourway (clear) todoing somethingidiom
- sufferance