Hypertext Webster Gateway: "maleficence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maleficence \Ma*lef"i*cence\, n. [L. maleficentia. Cf.
{Malfeasance}.]
Evil doing, esp. to others.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
maleficence
n 1: doing or causing evil [ant: {beneficence}]
2: the quality or nature of being harmful or evil [syn: {mischief},
{balefulness}] [ant: {beneficence}]
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