maleficence

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maleficence - 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]

maleficence - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]