Libel: alternatives and connections

To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.

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To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully.

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To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel.

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False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name.

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False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.

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Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

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Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; sl…

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To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calum…

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To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.

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Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.

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A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemina…

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To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

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To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.

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To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.

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The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny.

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Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphl…

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Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphl…

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One who slanders; a defamer; a calumniator.

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One who slanders; a defamer; a calumniator.

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