maleficence
maleficence · maleficences
Harmfulness or mischiefHarmfulness or mischief.
/məˈlɛfɪsəns/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Harmfulness or mischief.
More definitions
- the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
- doing or causing evil
Origin
From Italian maleficenza or Middle French maleficence or directly from Latin maleficentia.From Italian maleficenza or Middle French maleficence or directly from Latin maleficentia.
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Forms
plural: maleficences| Singular | maleficence |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- the quality or nature of being harmful or evil:mischiefbalefulness
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable