Definition:
- (n.) A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
- (n.) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
- (n.) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.
- (v. t.) To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.
- (v. t.) To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.
- (v. i.) To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against.
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gibel vs. libel
libel vs. liber
label vs. libel
asperse vs. libel
insult vs. libel
defamatory vs. libel
calumny vs. libel
libel vs. trolling
libel vs. talk
liable vs. libel
libel vs. slur
aspersion vs. libel
libel vs. traduce
libel vs. opprobrium
detractor vs. libel
defame vs. libel
defamation vs. libel
libel vs. libelous
libel vs. libelist
libel vs. libeler
libel vs. libelant
libel vs. publicly
crime vs. libel
libel vs. reputation
damage vs. libel
libel vs. statement
libel vs. pictorial
handbill vs. libel
libel vs. written
libel vs. vilify
accusatory vs. libel
libel vs. slander