malignity

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malignity - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Malignity \Ma*lig"ni*ty\, n. [F. malignit['e], L. malignitas.]
     1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do
        evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.
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     2. Virulence; deadly quality.
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              His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in
              his disease.                          --Hayward.
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     3. Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness;
        heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. [R.]
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     Syn: See Malice.
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malignity - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  malignity
      n 1: wishing evil to others [syn: malevolence, malignity]
           [ant: benevolence]
      2: quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will [syn:
         malignity, malignancy, malignance] [ant: benignancy,
         benignity, graciousness]