NOUN | feeling | maleficence | doing or causing evil |
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attribute | maleficence, mischief, balefulness | the quality or nature of being harmful or evil |
Meaning | Doing or causing evil. | |
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Broader | malevolence, malignity | wishing evil to others |
Opposite | beneficence | doing good |
Spanish | maleficencia | |
Catalan | maleficència | |
Adjectives | maleficent | harmful or evil in intent or effect |
Meaning | The quality or nature of being harmful or evil. | |
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Synonyms | mischief, balefulness | |
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 | maleficent | harmful or evil in intent or effect |
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