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Noun: malevolence  mu'le-vu-lun(t)s
  1. The quality of threatening evil
    "The villain's malevolence was clear in his sinister threats";
    - malevolency, malice
     
  2. Wishing evil to others
    "The villain's malevolence was clear in his every action";
    - malignity

Derived forms: malevolences

Type of: evil, evilness, hate, hatred, ill

Antonym: benevolence

Encyclopedia: Malevolence