How to pronounce “libel”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
• (uncountable) The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.
• (countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
• (law, countable) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
• (countable) A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
• [Verb]
• To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
• To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a legal claim.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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