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

Even freedom of speech was framed less as a discipline, dependent on trust, restraint and shared ground. —Philip Martin, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026

He was reinstated nearly a week later amid a nationwide debate about freedom of speech. —Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Jan. 2026

That challenge basically says that these limits are a violation of the First Amendment because this campaign financing is, according to the challengers, a version of political speech and the First Amendment protects freedom of speech. —Dana Taylor, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025

Meanwhile, both the Ten Commandments law and Senate Bill 12, which bans LGBTQ+ clubs in schools, are facing legal challenges concerning freedom of speech within educational institutions. —Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 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