Definition of artistic license

artistic license    

noun - uncountable

• the bending of truth for the sake of art.

                              
  
                                                
  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
  
  Citation from "Chapter 13", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 7 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to lie.

  Last edited on Jan 13 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 13 2012.

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Other terms relating to 'to lie':
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front	Definitions include: to pretend to be someone else.
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