Definitions for: Maleficence


[n] the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
[n] doing or causing evil



Webster (1913) Definition: Ma*lef"i*cence, n. [L. maleficentia. Cf.
Malfeasance.]
Evil doing, esp. to others.

Synonyms: balefulness, mischief

Antonyms: beneficence, beneficence

See Also: evil, evilness, malevolence, malignity

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