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▸ noun:  (countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.
▸ noun:  (countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
▸ noun:  (law, countable) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
▸ noun:  (countable) A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
▸ verb:  To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
▸ verb:  To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a legal claim.

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