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poetic license

noun as in freedom of expression

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Every designer deserves a degree of poetic license, leeway to shock and provoke.

I have taken very little "poetic license" with their traditions; none, whatever, with their customs and superstitions.

Poetry uses great freedom, called poetic license, in the order of words and construction of sentences.

The numbers given here are an instance of the poetic license.

While they may have employed a poetic license in their construction, the facts themselves were not lost out of sight.

Of course, he hadnt really any right to act proprietary; it was taking a certain poetic license with the situation.

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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to poetic license, such as: artistic freedom, artistic license, and poetic freedom.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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