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libel, libelous
1. In law, a false and malicious published statement that damages someone's reputation.
2. The making of false and damaging statements about somebody; attacking someone's reputation; to malign.
3. To print slanderous statements against someone.
4. Etymology: "formal written statement"; especially, in civil law, "a plaintiff's statement of charges" (1340); from Old French libelle; from Latin libellus, "a little book, a petition"; from liber, "book".
Libel can include pictures and any other representations that have public or permanent form; defamation.
Through French from Latin, libellus "little book", diminutive of liber. Originally "written declaration", later "something setting out the grounds for a lawsuit".
4. Etymology: "formal written statement"; especially, in civil law, "a plaintiff's statement of charges" (1340); from Old French libelle; from Latin libellus, "a little book, a petition"; from liber, "book".
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libelous, libelously
1. Statements that are harmful and often untrue.
2. Tending to discredit or to malign.
3. Containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
2. Tending to discredit or to malign.
3. Containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.