malice
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
malice/ˈmalɪs/
▶noun
- 1 the desire to do harm to someone; ill will.
- 2 Law wrongful intention, especially as increasing the guilt of certain offences.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. malitia, from malus ‘bad’.
'malice' also found in these Oxford entries:
bear
- candid
- malice aforethought
- malicious
- manslaughter
- spiteful
- venom
- vitriol
- vitriolic
