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libel

“libel” is a Middle English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. A litigant's statement of complaint, or list of charges
  2. Any written formal complaint, particularly in marital conflicts
  3. A treatise; a division of a larger work.

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin libellus (“little book”).

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