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libelnoun the making of false statements that damage another's reputationthe governor's office issued a statement accusing the state's largest newspaper of libel aspersing, blackening, calumniation, calumny, character assassination, defamation, defaming, libeling(or libelling), maligning, slander, smearing, traducing, vilification, vilifying aspersion, innuendo, muck, mud, smearbackbiting, detractionabuse, invective, vituperationattack, censure, criticism, denunciation, hatchet jobcontempt, disdain, scornbelittlement, denigration, disparagementcattiness, despite, hatefulness, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness, spleen, venom, viciousness acclaim, accolade, applause, commendation, praiseesteem, honor, respectadulation, flatteryadoration, reverence, veneration, worship libelverbto make untrue and harmful statements aboutthe court decided that the newspaper's reportage of the former mayor, while irresponsible, did not constitute an effort to libel him asperse, blacken, calumniate, defame, malign, slander, smear, traduce, vilify belittle, denigrate, detract, disparagediscredit, disgrace, dishonor, shameabase, debase, degrade, humble, humiliatedisdain, scorn exalt, glorify, honoracclaim, applaud, commend, praiseesteem, respectadmire, regardadore, revere, venerate, worship in the 14th century |