"free speech" meaning in English

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IPA: /fɹiː ˈspiːtʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-free speech.wav
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  1. Freedom of speech; the ability or right to express one's opinions, particularly (strictly) the legal right to do so without the government forbidding it via laws, but also (loosely) the ability to do so without facing social repercussions, or one's employer firing one for it, or social media sites not hosting it on their platforms, etc. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: freedom of speech Translations (the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)): liri e të shprehurit [feminine] (Albanian), πᾰρρησῐ́ᾱ (părrhēsĭ́ā) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ἰσηγορία (isēgoría) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ἐλευθεροστομία (eleutherostomía) (Ancient Greek), حُرِّيَّة اَلتَّعْبِير (ḥurriyyat at-taʕbīr) [feminine] (Arabic), حُرِّيَّة الْكَلَام (alt: ḥurriyya(t) al-kalām) [feminine] (Arabic), խոսքի ազատություն (xoskʻi azatutʻyun) (Armenian), свабо́да сло́ва (svabóda slóva) [feminine] (Belarusian), свобода на слово (svoboda na slovo) [feminine] (Bulgarian), llibertat d'expressió [feminine] (Catalan), 言論自由 /言论自由 (yánlùnzìyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), svoboda slova [feminine] (Czech), svoboda projevu [feminine] (Czech), svoboda vyjadřování [feminine] (Czech), ytringsfrihed (Danish), vrijheid van meningsuiting [feminine] (Dutch), vrije meningsuiting [feminine] (Dutch), parollibereco (Esperanto), sõnavabadus (Estonian), sananvapaus (Finnish), liberté d'expression [feminine] (French), liberdade de expresión [feminine] (Galician), სიტყვის თავისუფლება (siṭq̇vis tavisupleba) (Georgian), აზრის თავისუფლება (azris tavisupleba) (Georgian), გამოხატვის თავისუფლება (gamoxaṭvis tavisupleba) (Georgian), freie Meinungsäußerung [feminine] (German), Redefreiheit [feminine] (German), ελευθερία έκφρασης (elefthería ékfrasis) [feminine] (Greek), חופש הביטוי (Hebrew), अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता (abhivyakti kī svatantratā) (Hindi), szólásszabadság (Hungarian), málfrelsi [neuter] (Icelandic), libertate de parola (Interlingua), libertate de expression (Interlingua), libertà di parola [feminine] (Italian), 言論の自由 (genron-no jiyū) (alt: げんろんのじゆう) (Japanese), សេរីភាពបញ្ចេញមតិ (seerəyphiəp bɑɑbɑñcəñ mĕəʼteʼ) (Khmer), 표현의 자유 (pyohyeonui jayu) (Korean), vārda brīvība [feminine] (Latvian), žodžio laisvė [feminine] (Lithuanian), слобода на говор (sloboda na govor) [feminine] (Macedonian), मुक्त भाषण (mukta bhāṣaṇ) (Marathi), manawhiri kōrero (Māori), ytringsfrihet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ytringsfridom [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), آزادی بیان (âzâdi-ye bayân) (Persian), wolność słowa [feminine] (Polish), liberdade de expressão [feminine] (Portuguese), libertatea cuvântului [feminine] (Romanian), свобо́да сло́ва (svobóda slóva) [feminine] (Russian), saorsa cainnte [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), слобода говора [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sloboda govora [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sloboda slova [feminine] (Slovak), svoboda govora [feminine] (Slovene), libertad de expresión [feminine] (Spanish), libertad de palabra [feminine] (Spanish), uhuru wa maoni (Swahili), yttrandefrihet (Swedish), เสรีภาพในการพูด (săyree pâap nai gaan pôot) (Thai), ifade özgürlüğü (Turkish), свобо́да сло́ва (svobóda slóva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), آزادی گفتار (āzādī guftār) (Urdu), tự do ngôn luận (Vietnamese)
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  2. Speech which is protected by this right; public expression of one's opinions that is, or merits being, protected from restraint or censorship. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: free-speecher Related terms: free as in speech, free-spoken, hate speech, compelled speech, freedom of movement, freedom of contract, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, right to keep and bear arms
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          "word": "խոսքի ազատություն"
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          "roman": "yánlùnzìyóu",
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          "word": "言論自由 /言论自由"
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          "word": "svoboda slova"
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          "word": "svoboda projevu"
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          "word": "svoboda vyjadřování"
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          "word": "ytringsfrihed"
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          "word": "vrijheid van meningsuiting"
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          "word": "vrije meningsuiting"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "parollibereco"
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "lang_code": "et",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "sõnavabadus"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "sananvapaus"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "liberté d'expression"
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "lang_code": "gl",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "liberdade de expresión"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "siṭq̇vis tavisupleba",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "სიტყვის თავისუფლება"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "word": "აზრის თავისუფლება"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "gamoxaṭvis tavisupleba",
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          "word": "გამოხატვის თავისუფლება"
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          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
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          "word": "freie Meinungsäußerung"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
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          "word": "Redefreiheit"
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "roman": "elefthería ékfrasis",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
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          "word": "ελευθερία έκφρασης"
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          "roman": "părrhēsĭ́ā",
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          "word": "πᾰρρησῐ́ᾱ"
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          "word": "ἰσηγορία"
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          "word": "ἐλευθεροστομία"
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          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
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          "roman": "abhivyakti kī svatantratā",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "szólásszabadság"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "lang_code": "is",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
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          "word": "málfrelsi"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "lang_code": "ia",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "libertate de parola"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "lang_code": "ia",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "libertate de expression"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "libertà di parola"
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          "alt": "げんろんのじゆう",
          "code": "ja",
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          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "genron-no jiyū",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "言論の自由"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "lang_code": "km",
          "roman": "seerəyphiəp bɑɑbɑñcəñ mĕəʼteʼ",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "សេរីភាពបញ្ចេញមតិ"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
          "roman": "pyohyeonui jayu",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "표현의 자유"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "lang_code": "lv",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vārda brīvība"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "lang_code": "lt",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "žodžio laisvė"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "sloboda na govor",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "слобода на говор"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Māori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "manawhiri kōrero"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "lang_code": "mr",
          "roman": "mukta bhāṣaṇ",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "मुक्त भाषण"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "ytringsfrihet"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "lang_code": "fa",
          "roman": "âzâdi-ye bayân",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "آزادی بیان"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "wolność słowa"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
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          "word": "liberdade de expressão"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
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          "word": "libertatea cuvântului"
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "свобо́да сло́ва"
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          "word": "saorsa cainnte"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "word": "libertad de expresión"
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          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
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          "word": "libertad de palabra"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "lang": "Swahili",
          "lang_code": "sw",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "uhuru wa maoni"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "yttrandefrihet"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "lang": "Thai",
          "lang_code": "th",
          "roman": "săyree pâap nai gaan pôot",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "เสรีภาพในการพูด"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "ifade özgürlüğü"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "lang_code": "uk",
          "roman": "svobóda slóva",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "свобо́да сло́ва"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "lang": "Urdu",
          "lang_code": "ur",
          "roman": "āzādī guftār",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "آزادی گفتار"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "lang_code": "vi",
          "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
          "word": "tự do ngôn luận"
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      "word": "ἰσηγορία"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "lang_code": "grc",
      "roman": "eleutherostomía",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "ἐλευθεροστομία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "חופש הביטוי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "abhivyakti kī svatantratā",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "szólásszabadság"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "málfrelsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "lang_code": "ia",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "libertate de parola"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "lang_code": "ia",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "libertate de expression"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libertà di parola"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんろんのじゆう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "genron-no jiyū",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "言論の自由"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "lang_code": "km",
      "roman": "seerəyphiəp bɑɑbɑñcəñ mĕəʼteʼ",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "សេរីភាពបញ្ចេញមតិ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "pyohyeonui jayu",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "표현의 자유"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "lang_code": "lv",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vārda brīvība"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "žodžio laisvė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "sloboda na govor",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слобода на говор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "manawhiri kōrero"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "lang_code": "mr",
      "roman": "mukta bhāṣaṇ",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "मुक्त भाषण"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ytringsfrihet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ytringsfridom"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "âzâdi-ye bayân",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "آزادی بیان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wolność słowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "liberdade de expressão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libertatea cuvântului"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "svobóda slóva",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свобо́да сло́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saorsa cainnte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слобода говора"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sloboda govora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sloboda slova"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "svoboda govora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libertad de expresión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libertad de palabra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "lang_code": "sw",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "uhuru wa maoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "yttrandefrihet"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "săyree pâap nai gaan pôot",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "เสรีภาพในการพูด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "ifade özgürlüğü"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "svobóda slóva",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свобо́да сло́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "āzādī guftār",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "آزادی گفتار"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "the right to express an opinion in public (freedom of speech)",
      "word": "tự do ngôn luận"
    }
  ],
  "word": "free speech"
}

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