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MALEFICENCE

• MALEFICENCE (noun)
The noun MALEFICENCE has 2 senses:

1. doing or causing evil
2. the quality or nature of being harmful or evil

Familiarity information: MALEFICENCE used as a noun is rare.

• MALEFICENCE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Doing or causing evil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("maleficence" is a kind of...):

malevolence; malignity (wishing evil to others)

Antonym:

beneficence (doing good; feeling beneficent)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The quality or nature of being harmful or evil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

balefulness; maleficence; mischief

Hypernyms ("maleficence" is a kind of...):

evil; evilness (the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice)

Attribute:

maleficent (harmful or evil in intent or effect)

Antonym:

beneficence (the quality of being kind or helpful or generous)

"Time flies when you're having a good time."
(English proverb)
"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Walk beside me that we may be as one."
(Native American proverb, Ute)
"Will take one to the water and bring him back thirsty."
(Armenian proverb)
"He who injures with the sword will be finished by the sword."
(Corsican proverb)

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