Usually means: Creative freedom in artistic expression.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word poetic license:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. poetic license: Merriam-Webster
  2. poetic license: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. poetic license: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. poetic license: Vocabulary.com
  5. poetic license: Wordnik
  6. poetic license: Wiktionary
  7. poetic license: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. poetic license: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Poetic license, poetic license: Dictionary.com
  10. Poetic license: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. poetic license: Rhymezone
  12. poetic license: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. poetic license: FreeDictionary.org
  14. poetic license: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. poetic license: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. POETIC LICENSE: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. poetic license: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. poetic license: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Poetic license)

noun:  Alternative spelling of poetic licence [Any departure from convention or from factual accuracy taken by a writer to achieve a desired effect.]

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