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Noun: poetic license
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: poetic licence)
  1. License used by a writer or artist to heighten the effect of their work
    - poetic licence [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: licence [Brit, Cdn], license [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Poetic license