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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Speech protected from government restraint by legal means, such as the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
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- noun law The
right toexpress anopinion inpublic without beingrestrained orcensored .
Etymologies
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free + speech.
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