Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈlaɪbəl/
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ˈlaɪbəl
Noun
A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
Usage- Countable
The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.
Usage- Uncountable
Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
Usage- Countable
A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
Usage- Countable
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These provisions of law being in force, the steamer Rio Grande, owned, as was alleged, by persons in Mexico, being in the port of Mobile, in the Southern District of Alabama, certain materialmen, on the 26th of November, 1867, filed separate libels against her in the district court for the said district.
A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
Usage- Countable
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a libel of forsaking [divorcement]
Verb
To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
Usage- Transitive
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He libelled her when he published that.
But vvhat ſo pure, vvhich envious tongues vvill ſpare? / Some vvicked vvits have libell'd all the fair.
To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a legal claim.
Usage- Transitive
Noun
a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief they seek
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Verb
print slanderous statements against
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The newspaper was accused of libeling him