li·bel
/'lib?l/
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noun
noun: libel; plural noun: libels
1.
Law
a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.
| synonyms: | defamation, defamation of character, character assassination, calumny, misrepresentation, scandalmongering; More
aspersions, denigration, vilification, disparagement, derogation, insult, slander, malicious gossip, tittle-tattle, traducement;
lie, slur, smear, untruth, false insinuation, false report, smear campaign, slight, innuendo, rumor;
informalmudslinging;
informalbad-mouthing;
archaiccontumely
"she sued two national newspapers for libel"
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the action or crime of publishing a false statement about a person.
"a libel action"
| synonyms: | defamation, defamation of character, character assassination, calumny, misrepresentation, scandalmongering; More
aspersions, denigration, vilification, disparagement, derogation, insult, slander, malicious gossip, tittle-tattle, traducement;
lie, slur, smear, untruth, false insinuation, false report, smear campaign, slight, innuendo, rumor;
informalmudslinging;
informalbad-mouthing;
archaiccontumely
"she sued two national newspapers for libel"
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a false and typically malicious statement about a person.
| synonyms: | defamation, defamation of character, character assassination, calumny, misrepresentation, scandalmongering; More
aspersions, denigration, vilification, disparagement, derogation, insult, slander, malicious gossip, tittle-tattle, traducement;
lie, slur, smear, untruth, false insinuation, false report, smear campaign, slight, innuendo, rumor;
informalmudslinging;
informalbad-mouthing;
archaiccontumely
"she sued two national newspapers for libel"
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a thing or circumstance that brings undeserved discredit on a person by misrepresentation.
2.
(in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) a plaintiff's written declaration.
verb
verb: libel; 3rd person present: libels; past tense: libelled; past participle: libelled; gerund or present participle: libelling; past tense: libeled; past participle: libeled; gerund or present participle: libeling
1.
Law
defame (someone) by publishing a libel.
"she alleged the magazine had libeled her"
| synonyms: | defame, malign, slander, give someone a bad name, blacken someone's name, sully someone's reputation, speak ill/evil of, write false reports about, traduce, smear, cast aspersions on, fling mud at, drag someone's name through the mud/mire, besmirch, tarnish, taint, do a hatchet job on, tell lies about, spread tales about, spread scandal about, stain, vilify, calumniate, denigrate, disparage, run down, derogate, stigmatize, discredit, slight; More |
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