Definition for MA-LIG'NI-TY

MA-LIG'NI-TY, n. [L. malignitas.]

  1. Extreme enmity, or evil dispositions of heart toward another; malice without provocation, or malevolence with baseness of heart; deep rooted spite.
  2. Virulence; destructive tendency; as, the malignity of an ulcer or disease.
  3. Extreme evilness of nature; as, the malignity of fraud.
  4. Extreme sinfulness; enormity or hainousness; as, the malignity of sin.

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