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Noun: malevolence  mu'le-vu-lun(t)s
  1. Wishing evil to others
    - malignity
     
  2. The quality of threatening evil
    - malevolency, malice

Derived forms: malevolences

See also: malevolent

Type of: evil, evilness, hate, hatred

Antonym: benevolence

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