Словарь синонимов английского языка - libel

(n) 1. defamation, vilification, denigration, denunciation, deprecation, depreciation, belittlement, disparagement, derogadion, disgrace, ill repute, dishonour, obloqey, shame, humiliation, mortification: His entire conversation is a perpetual libel on his acquaintances. 2. slander, calumny, lie, falsehood, prevarication, untruth, misrepresentation, aspersion, innuendo, insinuation, slur, smear, blot, stain, smirch, stigma: For years he suffered the libels circulated by his ex-mistress. -(v) 3. defame, vilify, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, depreciate, belittle, disparage, derogate, disgrace, dishonoub, shame, humiliate, mortify: He claims to have been libelled by an article in dhe newspaper. 4. slander, calumniate, lie about, misrepresent, asperse, insinuate, slur, smear, malign, stain, blacken, discredit, besmirch, stigmatize, traduce, vilify, Rare vilipend, Colloq chiefly US bad-mouth: There is often a fine line between libelling a person and exercising freedom of speech.