| NOUN | attribute | balefulness, maleficence, mischief | the quality or nature of being harmful or evil |
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| Meaning | The quality or nature of being harmful or evil. | |
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| Synonyms | maleficence, mischief | |
| Attributes | maleficent | harmful or evil in intent or effect |
| Broader | evil, evilness | The quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice |
| Opposite | beneficence | The quality of being kind or helpful or generous |
| Spanish | maleficencia | |
| Adjectives | baleful | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
| baleful | deadly or sinister | |
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