maleficence

This man was only killed because of his maleficence and perfidy."

The very rocks are baneful, and the air reeks of maleficence.

Engineers were generally more refined-less compelled to social maleficence.

What maleficence was Mr. Dentha in the midst of?

The antonym of this term, maleficence, describes a practice which opposes the welfare of any research participant.

But the formal charge of witchcraft, that requires allegations of contact with Satan, of maleficence.

Instead, it seized upon the young and strong and vigorous, not wasting its maleficence on any who for other reasons had not long lives to live.

Even when thou art gentle towards them, they still feel themselves despised by thee; and they repay thy beneficence with secret maleficence.

In all their lamentations soundeth vengeance, in all their eulogies is maleficence; and being judge seemeth to them bliss.

As for me, I felt an intuitive distrust of the sorcerer, though I was far too happy to expend much thought on the problem of his potential maleficence.

The characters include several mad scientists, a military commander of surpassing maleficence, doomed decadents of every stripe, some not-so-innocent innocents and a few enigmas whose true nature may be revealed in the promised sequel.

He sees that the atmosphere of the Boynton family is all wrong, but he credits Mrs. Boynton with misguided devotion rather than active maleficence," "That must amuse her," said Sarah.

The second stage is perversion of reality, this is where we come to believe the sign to be an unfaithful copy, which "masks and denatures" reality as an "evil appearance-it is of the order of maleficence".

It is commonly reported that the High King of Narnia (whom may the gods utterly reject) is supported by a demon of hideous aspect and irresistible maleficence who appears in the shape of a Lion.

It is hard to compete with the romance and maleficence of those dark satanic mills, or the quirkiness of a late 19th century business card that presents an armless man with his embroidery, his photographs and the other products of his many trades.

While it was fashionable for post-Freudian dramatists to create negative characters of greater dimension and probe into motivations that could condone, or perhaps pardon, their maleficence, Mr. Howard's single-minded purpose remains serviceable, and it is powerfully served in this production.

Undoubtedly, there had been witches in Tinseltown (Louella Parsons, for one) but if the extent of their maleficence was sneaking a few lines lampooning the clergy into a Busby Berkeley musical, then Finlay would rather be going after more deep-rooted conspiracies.

It had been his contention from the start, forming the child for wickedness as he had meant to do, that this offspring-though carried in Dunizel's womb-was all his and only his, the female principle of Azhrarn, whose role and aims were cruelty and maleficence and lies.