libel chill

The silencing effect that the threat of a libel lawsuit can have on those who would be sued if they continue such speech. The whistleblower's silence after being threatened with a lawsuit by her former company is a classic case of libel chill.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chanokh	-	Biblical Hebrew
Nazzareno	-	Italian
Roman	rah-MAHN (Russian), RAW-mahn (Polish)	Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovene, Croatian, German
Arieh	ahr-YE (Jewish)	Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Nor (1)	-	Malay
Terrence	TER-ənts	English