malevolence

n.

1. The quality or state of being malevolent.
2. Malicious behavior.

[Middle English, from Old French malivolence, from Latin malevolentia, from malevolēns, malevolent-, malevolent : male, badly + volēns, present participle of velle, to want.]

noun

A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness, ill will, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.

n

Definition: malice
Antonyms: benevolence

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IN BRIEF: Ill will.

What I want you to understand, is the full evil of those who claim to have become convinced that this earth, by its nature, is a realm of malevolence where the good has no chance to win. — Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

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