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Definition of Maleficence
1. Noun. Doing or causing evil.
2. Noun. The quality or nature of being harmful or evil.
Generic synonyms: Evil, Evilness
Attributes: Maleficent
Derivative terms: Baleful, Baleful, Maleficent, Mischievous
Antonyms: Beneficence
Definition of Maleficence
1. n. Evil doing, esp. to others.
Definition of Maleficence
1. Noun. harmfulness or mischief ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maleficence
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Maleficence
1. Evil doing, especially. To others. Origin: L. Maleficentia. Cf. Malfeasance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maleficence
Literary usage of Maleficence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Composition and Rhetoric by Alexander Bain (1888)
"Pure maleficence without pretext or justification.—'Injure,' ' hurt,' ' persecute,' '
trample,' ' destroy,' ' tear to pieces'; 'blood-shedding,' 'hate,' ..."
2. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"Under this one name—desertion, are commonly included two species, widely different
in degree of maleficence. These are—1. If imple desertion; 2. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Even what on its nearer face seems beneficence only, shows, on it» remoter face,
not a little maleficence — kind- ness at the cost of cruelty. II. ..."
4. Benthamiana, Or, Select Extracts from the Works of Jeremy Bentham: With an by Jeremy Bentham, John Hill Burton (1844)
"Generally speaking, the idea, which in this case is associated with the word
offence, is that of maleficence, that is to say, the property which the act, ..."
5. Justice and Codification Petitions: Being Forms Proposed for Signature by by Jeremy Bentham (1829)
"That, to keep the door shut, as close as possible, against all endeavours to
apply to that system of disorder and maleficence any effectual remedy,—pains ..."
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