maleficence
noun/məˈlɛfɪsəns/
Etymology From Italian maleficenza or Middle French maleficence or directly from Latin maleficentia.
1
harmfulness or mischief.
- Antonyms
- beneficence, nonmaleficence
- Derived terms
- nonmaleficence
- Related terms
- feasance, malefactor, maleficent, malfeasance, malfeasant, misfeasance, nonfeasance