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for Malignity
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Malignity \Ma*lig"ni*ty\, n. [F. malignit['e], L. malignitas.]
1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do
evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.
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2. Virulence; deadly quality.
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His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in
his disease. --Hayward.
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3. Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness;
heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. [R.]
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Syn: See Malice.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
malignity
n 1: wishing evil to others [syn: malevolence, malignity]
[ant: benevolence]
2: quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will [syn:
malignity, malignancy, malignance] [ant: benignancy,
benignity, graciousness]
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