Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "libel" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

slander slander

Derived Terms

antilibel belibel libelant libelee libeler libelist libeller libellist libellize libellous libelous unlibelled

Context

law legal tort

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

asperse besmirch calumniate calumniation calumny complaint defamation defame denigrate hatchet job obloquy slander smear smirch sully traducement

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

McLibel Twibel blasphemous libel blood libel cyberlibel

Type Of (IsA)

complaint defamation harmful and false and written statement village

Manner Of

defame

Related Terms

defamation libel chill libel tourism

Related Terms

action crime damage defamation defamatory defame false lampoon pictorial plaintiff publicly relief reputation satire slander statement unjustly writing written

Synonym Network

defamation

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