'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]

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