This page will make sure you never confuse liable and libel again! Read the definitions, check out our example sentences, and be sure to follow the twitter feed to see how the internet is using these words in a sentence.
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Definition
Liable
At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
Examples
She is liable to forget
Libel
A false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
Examples
The newspaper has been accused of libel.
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What's the internet saying about liable/libel?
@WaymoTheGod: Lol RT @WhoISdeante: Liable maybe? RT @QuecciMane: RT @WaymoTheGod: Miguel might be libel for her injury lol
@WhoISdeante: Liable maybe? RT @QuecciMane: RT @WaymoTheGod: Miguel might be libel for her injury lol
@xbb89: *liable RT: @HiYellowGuy: ..Kanye is libel to do something foolish on SNL tonight.
@Yincar: Liable? "@SaharaReporters: "Anybody who is found libel for committing crimes of humanity must be taken to the Hague." - Femi Falana"
@ahavery: ...If a newspaper publicly quotes an 'offensive' tweet, they rather than the tweeter might be liable. Libel laws to apply separate of this
@OliviaFranceska: @matthewjpb @samskeen_ ****libel, not liable. And here is the relevant legislation http://t.co/uhqN2xh5us < 'genuine opinion' is a defence.
@IanRGillespie: Journalist can still be held liable for repeating the fact of an allegation, though, if advances the original libel. @pothen @ngdwilson
@JoeAhart: Tip of Day: Liable: legally responsible. Libel: false statement that damages one's character. "The college newspaper was liable for libel."
@Jberg95: Liable and libel are two different words and are not pronounced the same