Libelnoun
(countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
Liabilitynoun
An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
Libelnoun
(uncountable) The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly.
Liabilitynoun
A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; an individual or action that exposes others to greater risk.
Libelnoun
(countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
Liabilitynoun
The likelihood of something happening.
Libelnoun
A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.
Liabilitynoun
The condition of being susceptible to something.
Libelnoun
(countable) A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
Liabilitynoun
The state of being liable; as, the liability of an insurer; liability to accidents; liability to the law.
Libelverb
(transitive) To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
‘He libelled her when he published that.’;
Liabilitynoun
That which one is under obligation to pay, or for which one is liable.
Libelverb
(legal) To proceed against (a ship, goods, etc.) by filing a libel.
Liabilitynoun
the state of being legally obliged and responsible
Libelnoun
A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
‘A libel of forsaking [divorcement].’;
Liabilitynoun
an obligation to pay money to another party
Libelnoun
Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
Liabilitynoun
the quality of being something that holds you back
Libelnoun
A malicious publication expressed either in print or in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs, tending to expose another to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Such publication is indictable at common law.
Libelnoun
The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
Libelnoun
A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.
Libelverb
To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.
‘Some wicked wits have libeled all the fair.’;
Libelverb
To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.
Libelverb
To spread defamation, written or printed; - with against.
‘What's this but libeling against the senate?’; ‘[He] libels now 'gainst each great man.’;
Libelnoun
a tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
Libelnoun
the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defammation) and any relief he seeks
Libelverb
print slanderous statements against;
‘The newspaper was accused of libeling him’;
Libelnoun
a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation
‘he was found guilty of a libel on a Liverpool inspector of taxes’;
Libelnoun
the action or crime of publishing a libel
‘a libel action’; ‘she sued two newspapers for libel’;
Libelnoun
a false and typically malicious statement about a person.
Libelnoun
a thing that brings undeserved discredit on a person by misrepresentation.
Libelnoun
(in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) a plaintiff's written declaration.
Libelverb
defame (someone) by publishing a libel
‘the jury found that he was libelled by a newspaper’;
Libelverb
make a false and typically malicious statement about.
Libelverb
(in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) bring a suit against
‘if a ship does you any injury you libel the ship’;
