English noun: maleficence | |||
1. | maleficence (feeling) doing or causing evil | ||
Broader (hypernym) | malevolence, malignity | ||
Antonyms | beneficence | ||
2. | maleficence (attribute) the quality or nature of being harmful or evil | ||
Synonyms | balefulness, mischief | ||
Broader (hypernym) | evil, evilness | ||
Attribute | maleficent | ||
Antonyms | beneficence | ||