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antilibel

antilibel adjective: opposing or countering libel.

Adjective

antilibel (comparative more antilibel, superlative most antilibel)

  1. Opposing or countering libel.
    • By far the most frequent use of antilibel wording comes in stories involving criminal offenses (oops, make that alleged criminal offenses).1985, David Keith Cohler, Broadcast journalism

Forms of antilibel

comparativemore antilibel
superlativemost antilibel

Origin of antilibel

From anti- + libel.

Questions about antilibel

What does antilibel mean?
Antilibel means opposing or countering libel.
What part of speech is antilibel?
Antilibel is an adjective.

Words near antilibel in the dictionary

  1. antilevelling
  2. antilewisite
  3. Antilhue
  4. Antilia
  5. Antilibanus
  6. antilibel
  7. antiliberal
  8. antiliberalism
  9. antiliberalisms
  10. antiliberals
  11. antiliberation

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