FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The right to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances; guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("freedom of assembly" is a kind of...):

civil right (right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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