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noun
The quality or nature of being harmful or evil.
synonyms: maleficence, mischief.
is a specific kind of: evil, evilness.
is an attribute of: maleficent.
is the opposite of: beneficence.
derivation: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening | baleful, baneful | mischievous.
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