Maleficence
Maleficence noun - Doing or causing evil.
Maliciousness and maleficence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maliciousness" instead a noun "Maleficence".
Nearby Word: maleficent
Maliciousness
Maliciousness noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Maleficence and maliciousness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Maleficence" instead a noun "Maliciousness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hostility and maleficence
- hostility and maliciousness
- animosity and maleficence
- animosity and maliciousness
- evil and maleficence
- evil and maliciousness
- bitterness and maleficence
- bitterness and maliciousness
- malignancy and maleficence
- malignancy and maliciousness
- wickedness and maleficence
- wickedness and maliciousness
- malice and maleficence
- malice and maliciousness
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