Maleficence
/məˈlɛfɪsəns/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 harmfulness or mischief. countable, uncountable
- 2 the quality or nature of being harmful or evil wordnet
- 3 doing or causing evil wordnet
Etymology
From Italian maleficenza or Middle French maleficence or directly from Latin maleficentia.