Libel
Rumour
Rumour noun - Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.
Mutual synonyms
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Rumour and Libel. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/libel/rumour
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