freedom of speech

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   a civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution

   Broadercivil right

   law

Questions about freedom of speech

What does freedom of speech mean?

freedom of speech means "a civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution".

Is freedom of speech a common word?

freedom of speech is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.