libel en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- līʹbəl
- /ˈlaɪbəl/
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Etymology
From Middle English libel, from Old French libelle, from Latin libellus (“petition”, literally “booklet”). Doublet of libelle.
Meanings
- (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.
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(countable) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
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.
1873, United States Supreme Court, The Rio Grande, 86 U.S. 178,179
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(countable) A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
a libel of forsaking [divorcement]
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| libels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
libellize · libellous · antilibel · libelous
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
cyberlibel · Twibel · blasphemous libel · blood libel · McLibel
Relateds
Translations (67)
cs hanopis (defamatory false written statement) · fi kunnianloukkauskanne (statement by the plaintiff) · mk клевета (defamatory false written statement) · pt libelo (statement by the plaintiff) · el σάτιρα (any defamatory writing) · cs pomluva (act or crime) · ru диффама́ция (defamatory false written statement) · da injurie (defamatory false written statement) · scn calugna (any defamatory writing) · sv förtal (defamatory false written statement) · ca libel (defamatory false written statement) · ru диффама́ция (act or crime) · fr calomnie f écrite (act or crime) · it diffamazione (act or crime) · el λιβελλογράφημα (defamatory false written statement) · bg пасквил (any defamatory writing) · pt libelo (any defamatory writing) · ca difamació (act or crime) · bg клевета (defamatory false written statement) · da æresfornærmelse (act or crime) · bg донос (defamatory false written statement) · de Schmähschrift (any defamatory writing) · da smædeskrift (any defamatory writing) · hy զրպարտություն (defamatory false written statement) · da ærekrænkelse (defamatory false written statement) · fi häväistyskirjoitus (defamatory false written statement) · el συκοφαντική δυσφήμηση (act or crime) · da bagvaskelse (defamatory false written statement) · fi kirjallinen kunnianloukkaus (defamatory false written statement) · scn diffamazziuni (act or crime) · sv smädeskrift (defamatory false written statement) · fr calomnie f écrite (defamatory false written statement) · scn calugna (act or crime) · es libelo (defamatory false written statement) · fi kirjallinen kunnianloukkaus (act or crime) · ru клевета́ (act or crime) · tl paninirang-puri (defamatory false written statement) · eo kalumnio (defamatory false written statement) · sv förtal (act or crime) · pt difamação (any defamatory writing) · da bagvaskelse (act or crime) · da æresfornærmelse (defamatory false written statement) · ru клевета́ (defamatory false written statement) · da injurie (act or crime) · fi kirjallinen herjaus (defamatory false written statement) · ru пасквиль (any defamatory writing) · scn diffamazziuni (defamatory false written statement) · ar قذف (defamatory false written statement) · da ærekrænkelse (act or crime) · el λίβελλος (defamatory false written statement) · nl smaadschrift (any defamatory writing) · hy զրպարտություն (act or crime) · ru жа́лоба (statement by the plaintiff) · de schriftliche Verleumdung (act or crime) · sv ärekränkning (act or crime) · pt calúnia (defamatory false written statement) · cy enllib (act or crime) · scn calugna (defamatory false written statement) · sv ärekränkning (defamatory false written statement) · de schriftliche Verleumdung (defamatory false written statement) · fr libelle (defamatory false written statement) · el λιβελλογράφημα (any defamatory writing) · ru исковое заявле́ние (statement by the plaintiff) · pt difamação (act or crime) · ga leabhal (act or crime) · ar تشهير (defamatory false written statement) · scn diffamazziuni (any defamatory writing)