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.
Of a person: the liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions.
An independent or sovereign territory.
Of a polity: the state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.
Of a ruler: supreme authority over all things.
Excellence, mastery, preeminent efficacy.