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

Fear, like a heavy fog, settles on our land as people, young and old, lose livelihood, income, health care, our judicial system, freedom of speech, creative expression, and our history. —Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025

The theme of it all is about much more than any single principle, even one as foundational to the Republic as freedom of speech. —Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025

Anti-SLAPP laws are statutes that provide a substantive right of a person to an early dismissal of causes of action brought against them with the effect of silencing or punishing their First Amendment (and corresponding state constitutional) rights to freedom of speech and to petition. —Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025

Further exacerbating enrollment concerns, are the various policies that schools are implementing relative to freedom of speech and demonstrations. —Lucie Lapovsky, Forbes, 21 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