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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MALEV'OLENCE, n. [L. malevolentia; malum, evil, and volens, volo, to will.] Ill will, personal hatred; evil disposition towards another; enmity of heart; inclination to injure others. It expresses less than malignity.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: wishing evil to others [syn: malevolence, malignity] [ant: benevolence]
2: the quality of threatening evil [syn: malevolence, malevolency, malice]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. the quality or state of being malevolent 2. malevolent behavior Synonyms: see malice

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Malevolence Ma*lev"o*lence, n. [L. malevolentia. See Malevolent.] The quality or state of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonym of Malice.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see malevolent

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, malignity, rancor, venom, hate, grudge, ill-will, hatred.

Moby Thesaurus

Anglophobia, Russophobia, abhorrence, abomination, antagonism, anti-Semitism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood, bad temper, bad will, badness, belligerence, bigotry, blighting glance, clash, clashing, collision, conflict, contention, damnability, despite, despitefulness, detestation, dislike, evil disposition, evil eye, evilness, execration, friction, grudge, hate, hatred, hostility, ill nature, ill will, ill-disposedness, improperness, inaccuracy, inauspiciousness, inexpedience, inferiority, invalidity, loathing, malice, maliciousness, malignity, malocchio, misandry, misanthropy, misogyny, moral badness, odium, peccancy, quarrelsomeness, race hatred, racism, reprehensibility, repugnance, spite, spitefulness, spleen, unfavorableness, unhealthiness, unkindness, unpleasantness, unskillfulness, vials of hate, vials of wrath, viciousness, whammy, wickedness, xenophobia