Antonyms for libel
ˈlaɪ bəlli·bel

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1. libel

   To slander a person is to utter a false and injurious report concerning him; to defame is specifically and directly to attack one's reputation; to defame by spoken words is to slander, by written words, to libel. To asperse is, as it were, to bespatter with injurious charges; to malign is to circulate studied and malicious attacks upon character; to traduce is to exhibit one's real or assumed traits in an odious light; to revile or vilify is to attack with vile abuse. To disparage is to represent one's admitted good traits or acts as less praiseworthy than they would naturally be thought to be, as for instance, by ascribing a man's benevolence to a desire for popularity or display. To libel or slander is to make an assault upon character and repute that comes within the scope of law; the slander is uttered, the libel written, printed, or pictured. To backbite is to speak something secretly to one's injury; to calumniate is to invent as well as utter the injurious charge. One may "abuse," "assail," or vilify another to his face; he asperses, calumniates, slanders, or traduces him behind his back.

   Antonyms:
   defend, eulogize, extol, laud, praise, vindicate

   Synonyms:
   asperse, backbite, calumniate, decry, defame, depreciate, disparage, malign, revile, slander, traduce, vilify

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1. libel

   Antonyms:
   retraction, vindication, apology, eulogy, panegyric, puff, advocacy, encomium

   Synonyms:
   defamation, detraction, traducement, calumny, slander, defamatory publication, lampoon

Matched Categories

1. • Defamation
   • Defame
   • Tort

Princeton's WordNet

1. libelnoun

   a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person

2. libelverb

   the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks

3. libelverb

   print slanderous statements against

   "The newspaper was accused of libeling him"

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1. libelnoun

   Synonyms:
   defamation, lampoon, roorback

2. libelverb

   Synonyms:
   defame (by some publication), lampoon

How to use libel in a sentence?

1. Jonathan Swift:

   Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down.

2. Gustave Flaubert:

   Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.

3. Albert Einstein:

   Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

4. Donica Thomas Varner:

   RACIAL DISPUTE AT BELOVED BAKERY ROILS LIBERAL COLLEGE TOWN The jury also found that the college( not Meredith Raimondo) was guilty of intentional infliction of emotional distress for David Gibson, David Gibson, as well as libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress onhis son. Donica Thomas Varner, the colleges general counsel, said Donica Thomas Varner was disappointed with the verdict and denied the college had defamedthe bakery or its owners. Neither Oberlin College nor Dean Meredith Raimondo defamed a local business or Oberlin College owners, and they never endorsed statements made by others, rather, the college and Dr. Raimondo worked to ensure that students freedom of speech was protected and that the student demonstrations were safe and lawful, and they attempted to help the plaintiffs repair any harm caused by the student protests. AS OBERLIN ACTIVISM FLARED, STUDENTS PUSHED TO BANISH GRADES BELOW C According to one ofthe bakerys attorneys, the verdict sendsa clear message to other educational institutions. I think part of what we did here today is answer the question as to, What are we going to tolerate in our society ?

5. Ted Cruz:

   Much the same as the First Amendment does not allow anyone to slander or libel anyone, it also does not allow someone to ignore the federal criminal laws.

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