malice
malice definition
mal·ice (mal′is)
noun
- active ill will; desire to harm another or to do mischief; spite
- Law evil intent; state of mind shown by intention to do, or intentional doing of, something unlawful
Etymology: OFr < L malitia < malus, bad: see mal-
malice Idioms
malice aforethought
or malice prepense a deliberate intention and plan to do something unlawful, as murder
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