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maleficence

DEFINITIONS OF: maleficence

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n doing or causing evil

Antonyms:
beneficence
doing good; feeling beneficent
Type of:
malevolence, malignity
wishing evil to others

n the quality or nature of being harmful or evil

Synonyms:
balefulness, mischief
Antonyms:
beneficence
the quality of being kind or helpful or generous
Type of:
evil, evilness
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
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