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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 to express an opinion in public without being restrained or censored.

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free +‎ speech.

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