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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