Maleficence

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

maleficence
    n 1: doing or causing evil [ant: {beneficence}]
    2: the quality or nature of being harmful or evil [syn:
       {maleficence}, {mischief}, {balefulness}] [ant:
       {beneficence}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Maleficence \Ma*lef"i*cence\, n. [L. maleficentia. Cf.
   {Malfeasance}.]
   Evil doing, esp. to others.
   [1913 Webster]

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