[noun] - a piece of writing which contains bad and false things about a personHe claims the statements in 'The Times' are pure libel. [U]The whole story was a vicious libel (on my character). [C]The papers were full of the libel case.It's time they reformed the libel laws.Compare slander.
LIBEL
Meaning of LIBEL in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012