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libel
 
Noun libel has 2 senses
  1. libel - a tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
    --1 is a kind of     defamation, calumny, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job; tort, civil wrong
    Derived form: verb libel1
  2. libel - the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defammation) and any relief he seeks
    --2 is a kind of     complaint
Verb libel has 1 sense
  1. libel - print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him"
    --1 is one way to     defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
    Derived forms: noun libeler1, noun libel1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
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