Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Liable and Libel


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               li·a·ble
                               /ˈlī(ə)b(ə)l/
                               adjective
  1. 1.
     responsible by law; legally answerable.


    "the supplier of goods or services can become liable for breach of contract in a variety of ways"

    synonyms:responsible, legally responsible, accountableanswerable, chargeable, blameworthy, at fault, culpablesubjectguiltyfaulty, censurable
    "he held the defendants liable for negligence"
  2. 2.
    likely to do or to be something.


    "patients were liable to faint if they stood up too suddenly"

    synonyms:likelyinclined, tending, disposedapt, predisposed, pronegiven
    informalin the cards
    "my income is liable to fluctuate wildly"




    li·bel
    /ˈlībəl/
    noun
    noun: libel; plural noun: libels
    1. 1.
      LAW
      a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.
      synonyms:defamation, defamation of character, character assassinationcalumnymisrepresentation, scandalmongering; More






      • the action or crime of publishing a false statement about a person.


        "a libel action"

        synonyms:defamation, defamation of character, character assassinationcalumnymisrepresentation, scandalmongering; More






      • a false and typically malicious statement about a person.
        synonyms:defamation, defamation of character, character assassinationcalumnymisrepresentation, scandalmongering; More






      • a thing or circumstance that brings undeserved discredit on a person by misrepresentation.
    2. 2.
      (in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) a plaintiff's written declaration.
    verb
    verb: libel; 3rd person present: libels; past tense: libelled; past participle: libelled; gerund or present participle: libelling; past tense: libeled; past participle: libeled; gerund or present participle: libeling
    1. 1.
      LAW
      defame (someone) by publishing a libel.


      "she alleged the magazine had libeled her"

      synonyms:defamemalignslander, give someone a bad name, blacken someone's name, sully someone's reputation, speak ill/evil of, write false reports about, traducesmear, cast aspersions on, fling mud at, drag someone's name through the mud/mire, besmirchtarnishtaint, do a hatchet job on, tell lies about, spread tales about, spread scandal about, stainvilifycalumniatedenigratedisparage, run down, derogatestigmatizediscreditslightMore



      • make a false and typically malicious statement about.
        synonyms:defamemalignslander, give someone a bad name, blacken someone's name, sully someone's reputation, speak ill/evil of, write false reports about, traducesmear, cast aspersions on, fling mud at, drag someone's name through the mud/mire, besmirchtarnishtaint, do a hatchet job on, tell lies about, spread tales about, spread scandal about, stainvilifycalumniatedenigratedisparage, run down, derogatestigmatizediscreditslightMore



    2. 2.
      (in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) bring a suit against.



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Moral and Morale

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moral 

mor·al
/ˈmôrəl/

adjective

1.
concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.
"the moral dimensions of medical intervention"
synonyms: virtuous, good, righteous, upright, upstanding, high-minded, right-minded, principled, proper, honorable, honest, just, noble, incorruptible, scrupulous, respectable, decent, irreproachable, truthful, law-abiding, clean-living, chaste, pure, blameless, sinless
"a very moral man"
2.
holding or manifesting high principles for proper conduct.
"he prides himself on being a highly moral and ethical person"
noun
1.
a lesson, especially one concerning what is right or prudent, that can be derived from a story, a piece of information, or an experience.
"the moral of this story was that one must see the beauty in what one has"
synonyms: lesson, message, meaning, significance, signification, import, point, precept, teaching
"the moral of the story"
2.
a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do.
"the corruption of public morals"
synonyms: moral code, code of ethics, moral standards, moral values, principles, principles of right and wrong, rules of conduct, standards/principles of behavior, standards, morality, sense of morality, scruples, ideals
"he has no morals and cannot be trusted"

morale

/məˈral/
noun

the confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at a particular time.
"their morale was high"
synonyms: confidence, self-confidence, self-esteem;

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