free speech


Origin:
1840–50, Americanism

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free speech
 
n
the right to express one's opinions publicly

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Free speech is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
Example sentences
They must be allowed to express their conclusions in free speech and in votes
  that are combined with those of millions of others.
Principles of academic free speech should apply at all levels of the university.
Free speech is a condition of legitimate government.
They could not allow their predilection for free speech and their abhorrence of
  torture to endanger public safety.
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