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malice

ma·lice

UK/ˈmælɪs/ US/ˈmælɪs/ uncommon

noun

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Origin

From Middle English malice, borrowed from Old French malice, from Latin malitia (“badness, bad quality, ill-will, spite”), from malus (“bad”).

Phrases

  • actual malice
  • constructive malice
  • malice aforethought
  • malice in fact
  • malice in law
  • malice murder
  • malice prepense
  • mute of malice

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