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maleficence


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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