freedom of speech

noun phrase

: the legal right to express one's opinions freely

Examples of freedom of speech in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Unrest took place against a backdrop of struggles for fair elections, and a cybersecurity law seen to erode freedom of speech. —Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025

Journalism is the only private sector job mentioned in the Constitution, with the First Amendment protecting not just freedom of speech but specifically of the press. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025

Protesters said Khalil was criminalized for expressing his freedom of speech. —Landon Mion, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025

Libertarian radicals in the late nineteenth century at times invoked the freedom of speech and press against the Comstock Act, but only with the creation of the Free Speech League in 1902 did an organization advocate these rights for viewpoints its members opposed. —Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025

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Legal Definition

freedom of speech

: the right to express information, ideas, and opinions free of government restrictions based on content and subject only to reasonable limitations (as the power of the government to avoid a clear and present danger) especially as guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution see also free speech compare censorship, prior restraint