2syllables
libels
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Definitions oflibels
1noun
- A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
- The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly.
- Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
- A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
- A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
1verb
- To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
Example: "He libelled her when he published that."
- To proceed against (a ship, goods, etc.) by filing a libel.
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