MALEFICENCE

maleficence, mischief, balefulness

(noun) the quality or nature of being harmful or evil

maleficence

(noun) doing or causing evil

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

maleficence (countable and uncountable, plural maleficences)

harmfulness or mischief

Antonyms

• beneficence

Source: Wiktionary


Ma*lef"i*cence, n. Etym: [L. maleficentia. Cf. Malfeasance.]

Definition: Evil doing, esp. to others.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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