the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination: His career reached its climax when he was elected president. 2. (in a dramatic or literary work) a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot. 3. Rhetoric. a figure consisting of a series of related ideas so arranged that each surpasses the preceding in force or intensity.
Definition of freedom of speech. : the legal right to express one's opinions freely.
...or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; Freedom of Speech does NOT mean that a person can say whatever they want to say. Freedom of Speech means that someone's right to say something is protected within certain limits. A person may have to suffer consequences for saying some things, but they still have the right to say them. For example, it is against the law to yell, FIRE, in a crowded place because someone may get injured. A person has the right to say it, but they also have the consequences. Early Printing Press. someone may not say things verbally or in print that they know aren't true.