| 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 | ||