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free speech


free speech

noun

Definition of FREE SPEECH

: speech that is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution; also : the right to such speech <an unconstitutional restraint on free speechNational Law Journal>

First Known Use of FREE SPEECH

1781

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