poetic licence

noun

justifiable departure from conventional rules of form, fact, logic, etc, as in poetry

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Nearby words

poetaster, poetess, poetic, poetic edda, poetic justice, poetic licence, poetic license, poetical, poeticism, poeticize, poetics

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