Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MA-LEV'O-LENCE
MA-LEV'O-LENCE, n. [L. malevolentia; malum, evil, and volens, volo, to will.]
Ill will; personal hatred; evil disposition toward another; enmity of heart; inclination to injure others. It expresses less than malignity. Shak.
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