Students are given latitude in deciding what they want to study.
1 [countable, uncountable]earth science, geography the distance north or south of the equator (=the imaginary line around the middle of the world) measured in degrees → longitude2[uncountable] formal freedom to choose what you do or say: Students are given latitude in deciding what they want to study.3latitudes [plural]earth science, geography an area at a particular latitude: the planet’s southernmost latitudes—latitudinal /ˌlæt̮əˈtudn-əl/ adjective