leverage, n. [purchase].

levity, n. [lightness], buoyancy; [gayety], frivolity.

lewd, a. [unchaste], [lustful], [licentious], libidinous, lecherous, incontinent, [ribald], [lascivious], [rakish], [ruttish], [salacious], concupiscent, [wanton], lubricous, prurient, pornographic. Antonyms: [chaste], [modest], [pure].

lewdness, n. [unchastity], incontinence, [lust], [lechery], [ribaldry], salacity, concupiscence, profligacy, lasciviousness. Antonyms: [chastity], [modesty], [purity].

liability, n. [exposure], [accountability], [responsibility], amenability Antonyms: immunity, exemption.

liabilities, n. pl. debts, obligations, [indebtedness].

liable, a. exposed, [subject], [accountable], [answerable], [amenable], [bound]. Antonyms: exempt, immune.

libel, n. [defamation], [lampoon], roorback.

libel, v. defame (by some publication), [lampoon].

libellous, a. [defamatory], [slanderous], calumnious.