Libel vs Slender - What's the difference?
libel | slender |
A written or pictorial statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
(uncountable) The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly.
Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
(law) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.
A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
* Wyclif Bible (Matthew v. 31)
To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
* Alexander Pope
(legal) To proceed against (a ship, goods, etc.) by filing a libel.
Thin; slim.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=3 (Gaelic languages) Palatalized.
As a noun libel
is a written or pictorial statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.As a verb libel
is to defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.As an adjective slender is
thin; slim.libel
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Chaucer)
- a libel of forsaking [divorcement]
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
- He libelled her when he published that.
- Some wicked wits have libelled all the fair.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* blood libel * libelant * libel chill * libelee * libeler * libelist * libelousSee also
* defamation * defame * slanderAnagrams
* ----slender
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}