malignity

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

malignity
    n 1: wishing evil to others [syn: {malevolence}, {malignity}]
         [ant: {benevolence}]
    2: quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will [syn:
       {malignity}, {malignancy}, {malignance}] [ant: {benignancy},
       {benignity}, {graciousness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Malignity \Ma*lig"ni*ty\, n. [F. malignit['e], L. malignitas.]
   1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do
      evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.
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   2. Virulence; deadly quality.
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            His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in
            his disease.                          --Hayward.
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   3. Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness;
      heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. [R.]
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   Syn: See {Malice}.
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