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MALEFICENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality or nature of being harmful or evil
Synonyms:
balefulness; maleficence; mischief
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
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)
Derivation:
maleficent (harmful or evil in intent or effect)
Sense 2
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)
Derivation:
maleficent (harmful or evil in intent or effect)
