Antonyms of noun maleficence

2 senses of maleficence

Sense 1
maleficence -- (doing or causing evil)
       Antonym of beneficence (Sense 1)
      => beneficence -- (doing good; feeling beneficent)

Sense 2
maleficence, mischief, balefulness -- (the quality or nature of being harmful or evil)
       Antonym of beneficence (Sense 2)
      => beneficence -- (the quality of being kind or helpful or generous)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun maleficence

2 senses of maleficence

Sense 1
maleficence -- (doing or causing evil)
       => malevolence, malignity -- (wishing evil to others)

Sense 2
maleficence, mischief, balefulness -- (the quality or nature of being harmful or evil)
       => evil, evilness -- (the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world")