Maleficence

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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