libels
Publishes damaging falsehoods
Libels is the plural of libel, a false published statement that damages someone's reputation.
In law, libel specifically means defamation in written or broadcast form, distinguished from slander (spoken defamation): The newspaper faced multiple libels in the same lawsuit.
As a verb form, libels means publishes such falsehoods: The article libels the senator by calling him a thief.
Spoken false defamation
- defamationFalse statements harming reputation
- smearSpread or defame
- calumnyMalicious false statement
- vilificationAbusive condemnation of someone
character assassination · false statement · aspersion · disparagement · mudslinging · denigration · written defamation · falsehood
Civil court proceeding
- damagesCompensation for injury
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
injunction · tort · civil action · publication · malice aforethought · actual malice · per se · litigation
slander
Spoken false defamation
- defamationFalse statements harming reputation
- smearSpread or defame
- calumnyMalicious false statement
vilification · character assassination · false statement · aspersion · disparagement · mudslinging · denigration · written defamation · falsehood · misrepresentation
lawsuit
Civil court proceeding
retraction · injunction · tort · civil action · publication · malice aforethought · actual malice · per se · litigation · court filing
libelspraises
Verbally commends
compliments · extols · lauds · eulogizes · commends
libelstruths
Accurate statements about reality
facts · verifies · substantiates · vindicates · exonerates
- libel caseLawsuit over false publication
- libel lawsLegal protections against false publication
- libel suitLawsuit over damaging falsehoods
- blood libelAntisemitic fabrication about ritual murder
- criminal libelCrime of damaging reputation
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