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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
malice
 
SYLLABICATION:mal·ice
PRONUNCIATION:  mls
NOUN:1. A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite. 2. Law The intent, without just cause or reason, to commit a wrongful act that will result in harm to another.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old French, from Latin malitia, from malus, bad. See mel-3 in Appendix I.
 
 
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