| NOUN | feeling | maleficence | doing or causing evil |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | maleficence, mischief, balefulness | the quality or nature of being harmful or evil |
| Meaning | Doing or causing evil. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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