| malignity | 1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite. 2. Virulence; deadly quality. "His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease." (Hayward) 3. Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. Synonym: See Malice. Origin: F. Malignite, L. Malignitas. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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