malevolence

ma·lev·o·lence  (m-lv-lns)

n.

1. The quality or state of being malevolent.

2. Malicious behavior.

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[Middle English, from Old French malivolence, from Latin malevolentia, from malevolns, malevolent-, malevolent : male, badly; see mel-³ in Indo-European roots + volns, present participle of velle, to want; see wel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	malevolence - wishing evil to others               malignity hate, hatred - the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action maleficence - doing or causing evil malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom - feeling a need to see others suffer vengefulness, vindictiveness - a malevolent desire for revenge benevolence - disposition to do good
	2.	malevolence - the quality of threatening evil malevolency, malice bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness - malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty cruelness, cruelty, harshness - the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance beastliness, meanness - the quality of being deliberately mean evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"

Translations

malevolence [məˈlɛvələns] n → malevolencia

malevolence [məˈlɛvələns] n → malveillance f

malevolence [məˈlɛvələns] n → Boshaftigkeit f;

(of action) → Böswilligkeit f

malevolence [məˈlɛvələns] n → malevolenza