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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024li•bel•ous (lī′bə ləs),USA pronunciation adj. - containing, constituting, or involving a libel;
maliciously defamatory.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] li′bel•lous. li′bel•ous•ly* [esp. Brit.,] li′bel•lous•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024li•bel /ˈlaɪbəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -beled, -bel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -belled, -bel•ling. n. - Law damage to the character or name of another by written or printed words, pictures, or the like, rather than by spoken words:[uncountable]sued for libel.
- something that deliberately or harmfully misrepresents the character or name of another:[countable]That charge was simply a libel put out by my opponent.
v. [~ + object] - to print or publish a libel against (someone).
li•bel•er, n. [countable] li•bel•ous, adj. See -libr-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024li•bel (lī′bəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -beled, -bel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -belled, -bel•ling. n. - Law
- defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
- the act or crime of publishing it.
- a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.
- anything that is defamatory or that maliciously or damagingly misrepresents.
v.t. - to publish a libel against.
- to misrepresent damagingly.
- to institute suit against by a libel, as in an admiralty court.
- Latin libellus, diminutive of liber book; for formation, see castellum
- Middle English: little book, formal document, esp. plaintiff 's statement 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: libel /ˈlaɪbəl/ n - the publication of defamatory matter in permanent form, as by a written or printed statement, picture, etc
- the act of publishing such matter
- any defamatory or unflattering representation or statement
- the formal statement of a charge
vb ( -bels, -belling, -belled) ( US -bels, -beling, -beled)(transitive)- to make or publish a defamatory statement or representation about (a person)
- to misrepresent injuriously
Etymology: 13th Century (in the sense: written statement), hence C14 legal sense: a plaintiff's statement, via Old French from Latin libellus a little book, from liber a bookˈlibeller, ˈlibelist n ˈlibellous, ˈlibelous adj |