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Noun: maleficence  mu'le-fi-sun(t)s
  1. Doing or causing evil
     
  2. The quality or nature of being harmful or evil
    - mischief, balefulness

Derived forms: maleficences

See also: maleficent

Type of: evil, evilness, malevolence, malignity

Antonym: beneficence

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Malecite language
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maleic hydrazide
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Maleseet language
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