Liable means legally responsible or likely.
- You will be liable for any damage caused.
- The court ruled he could not be held personally liable for his wife’s debts.
- We’re all liable to make mistakes when we’re tired.
- The bridge is liable to collapse at any moment.
Libel is damaging someone’s reputation in print or other media.
- He claimed he had been libelled in an article the magazine had published.
- The newspaper which libelled him had already offered compensation.
- If the jury decided there was a libel, it would have to consider its effect on Miss Smith’s position.
- The film breached the criminal libel laws.
Lible is not a word.
Slander is an oral statement that damages a person’s reputation.
- He angrily accused the investigators of slandering both him and his family.
- He has been questioned on suspicion of slandering the Prime Minister.
- He was the kind of person who would flatter you to your face, and then slander you behind your back.