Civility and Malignance

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Civility noun - An act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners.

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Malignance is an antonym for civility.

Malignance noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

Usage example: in meting out the harsh sentence, the judge cited the exceptional malignance and ruthlessness with which the rape was committed

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Civility is an antonym for malignance.

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