(archaic) fine-sounding but empty phrases

plural of maiden speech

plural of keynote speech

plural of twin speech

plural of after-dinner speech

The right of citizens to speak, or otherwise communicate, without fear of harm or prosecution. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see freedom, speech.

(grammar) A linguistic category of words sharing syntactic or morphological behaviour and semantic properties, such as noun or verb.

(idiomatic) A word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language.

the right to express an opinion in public without being restrained or censored / expressions that are or should be allowed in some moral or legal context

(rhetoric) Speech which is quoted indirectly, or in a different person from that employed by the original speaker.