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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. doing or causing evil;

2. the quality or nature of being harmful or evil;
[syn: maleficence, mischief, balefulness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maleficence \Ma*lef"i*cence\, n. [L. maleficentia. Cf.
   Malfeasance.]
   Evil doing, esp. to others.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

maleficence
    n 1: doing or causing evil [ant: beneficence]
    2: the quality or nature of being harmful or evil [syn:
       maleficence, mischief, balefulness] [ant:
       beneficence]