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poetic licence

noun

  1. justifiable departure from conventional rules of form, fact, logic, etc, as in poetry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Of course, this is a poetic licence: these men and women cannot have been at one and the same time in Chopin's salon.

This word is only used by poetic licence, and must not be construed literally.

Poetic licence is used here; it was not the earth, but the water, which swallowed the Egyptians.

I promised to say somewhat of Poetic Licence, but have in part anticipated my discourse already.

The omission of "them" after "call" exceeds the bounds of poetic licence.

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