According to Webster...

slan·der
[slan-der]
–noun 1. defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
2. a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report: a slander against his good name.
3. Law. defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.
–verb (used with object) 4. to utter slander against; defame.
–verb (used without object) 5. to utter or circulate slander.

li·bel
[lahy-buhl]
Pronunciation noun, verb, -beled, -bel·ing or (especially British) -belled, -bel·ling.
–noun 1. Law. a. defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
b. the act or crime of publishing it.
c. a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.

2. anything that is defamatory or that maliciously or damagingly misrepresents.
–verb (used with object) 3. to publish a libel against.
4. to misrepresent damagingly.
5. to institute suit against by a libel, as in an admiralty court.

and just for fun -- in case there is anyone who is obtaining my email address and password without permission -- more definitions:

truth
[trooth]
1. the true or actual state of a matter
2. conformity with fact or reality; verity: the truth of a statement.
3. a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like: mathematical truths.
4. the state or character of being true.
5. actuality or actual existence.
6. an obvious or accepted fact; truism; platitude.
7. honesty; integrity; truthfulness.
8. (often initial capital letter) ideal or fundamental reality apart from and transcending perceived experience: the basic truths of life.
9. agreement with a standard or original.
10. accuracy, as of position or adjustment.

threat
[thret]
–noun 1. a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace
2. an indication or warning of probable trouble
3. a person or thing that threatens.

heal·ing
[hee-ling]
–adjective 1. curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
2. growing sound; getting well; mending.
–noun 3. the act or process of regaining health

...and just for more fun -- in my private blog -- without referring to names of anyone's ex-husband who has said and done things that are proving his own character...be on the lookout for me to get really tired of the destructive words, empty threats and painful allegations -- I just MIGHT start posting sound blogs of some very colorful messages...many saved throughout the months....some threatening, some degrading...some harmful...some immature....some pathetic...and some down right disgusting.... Can't imagine my therapist would call it healing....but it just might show that a spade is only a spade.... Beware! Caution!! Never wake a sleeping lion. Flee her fury!