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DictionaryRoot: male
Latin

male

badly

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A white adult secretly loosening the support of a rival's display while glancing spitefully toward them, malicious intent, no physical injury.
noun

malevolence

muh-LEV-uh-luns/məˈlevələns/

A desire for others to suffer harm.

Etymology
maleLatinbadly
+volLatinwish or want
+enceLatina state or quality

The pieces convey wishing ill, with the noun ending making this a disposition or quality. Malevolence thus names ill will toward others—the desire that harm come to them.

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