malevolency

malevolency
noun
the quality of threatening evil (Freq. 1)
Syn: ↑malevolence, ↑malice
Derivationally related forms: ↑malevolent, ↑malevolent (for: ↑malevolence)
Hypernyms: ↑evil, ↑evilness
Hyponyms:

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