libel

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
 * 2)  The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.
 * 3)  Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
 * 4)  A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
 * 5) * 1873,, The Rio Grande, 86 U.S. 178,179
 * These provisions of law being in force, the steamer Rio Grande, owned, as was alleged, by persons in Mexico, being in the port of Mobile, in the Southern District of Alabama, certain materialmen, on the 26th of November, 1867, filed separate libels against her in the district court for the said district.
 * 1)  A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
 * 1)  A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.

Usage notes
In common usage, the noun and verb is particularly used where the defamatory writing meets the legal definition of libel in a particular jurisdiction.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:slander

Derived terms

 * blasphemous libel
 * libel tourism

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: injurie, ærekrænkelse, æresfornærmelse, bagvaskelse
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: kirjallinen kunnianloukkaus, kirjallinen herjaus, häväistyskirjoitus
 * French: écrite,
 * German: schriftliche
 * Greek: λίβελλος, λιβελλογράφημα
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sicilian: calugna, diffamazziuni
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, , smädeskrift
 * Tagalog: paninirang-puri


 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: injurie, ærekrænkelse, æresfornærmelse, bagvaskelse
 * Finnish: kirjallinen kunnianloukkaus
 * French: écrite
 * German: schriftliche
 * Greek: συκοφαντική δυσφήμηση
 * Irish: leabhal
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sicilian: calugna, diffamazziuni
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Welsh: enllib


 * Finnish: kunnianloukkauskanne
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, исковое заявле́ние


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: smædeskrift
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Greek: λιβελλογράφημα,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Sicilian: calugna, diffamazziuni


 * Arabic:
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: ;
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, ,

Verb

 * 1) To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
 * 2) To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a legal claim.
 * 1) To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a legal claim.
 * 1) To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a legal claim.
 * 1) To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a legal claim.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bagtale, bagvaske
 * Finnish: loukata jonkun kunniaa kirjallisesti
 * Galician:
 * German: (schriftlich) verleumden
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: διαβάλλω
 * Hungarian:
 * Macedonian: клевети, наклевети
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Slovak: ohovoriť
 * Swedish:, ärekränka,
 * Turkish:, ,

Etymology 1
Borrowed from or.

Noun

 * 1) dragonfly, insect of the infraorder
 * 2) dragonfly or damselfly, insect of the order

Etymology 2
From, diminutive of.

Noun

 * 1) booklet, notably a  defamatory writing

Etymology 3
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) A vial of a level.

Etymology
Ultimately from Latin.

Noun

 * 1) Any short and formal written text
 * 2)  A litigant's statement of complaint, or list of charges
 * 3) Any written formal complaint, particularly in marital conflicts
 * 4) A treatise; a division of a larger work.
 * 1) A treatise; a division of a larger work.
 * 1) A treatise; a division of a larger work.