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malice Definition


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malice
noun
    1. The desire or intention to harm or hurt another or others.
      Thesaurus: spite, rancour, animosity, animus, hostility, bitterness, umbrage, acerbity, venom, spleen, vindictiveness; Antonym: kindness.
    2. A deliberately vicious, spiteful or cruel attitude of mind.
Etymology: 13c: French, from Latin malitia, from malus bad.



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