noun
The right to express any opinion in public without censorship or restraint by the government, protected in the United States as a right under the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Also called free speech .
freedom of speech
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Noun
(uncountable)
- The right of citizens to speak, or otherwise communicate, without fear of harm or prosecution.
- Used other than as an idiom: see freedom,"Ž speech.
- free speech
- freedom of expression
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freedom of speech - Legal Definition
n
The right, guaranteed by the First
Amendment to the United States Constitution, to communicate ideas and opinions
without government intervention.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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