'Maleficence' definitions:
Definition of 'maleficence'
From: WordNet
noun
Doing or causing evil [ant: beneficence]
noun
The quality or nature of being harmful or evil [syn: maleficence, mischief, balefulness] [ant: beneficence]
Definition of 'Maleficence'
From: GCIDE
- Maleficence \Ma*lef"i*cence\, n. [L. maleficentia. Cf. Malfeasance.] Evil doing, esp. to others. [1913 Webster]