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malignance
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malignance, n. [See Malignant.].
- The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; disposition toward evil; intense ill will; as, malignancy of heart. [1913 Webster]
- Unfavorableness; evil nature. [1913 Webster]"The malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemner yours." [1913 Webster]
- Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever. [1913 Webster]
- A cancerous tumor that is spreading beyond the point of origin. [WordNet 1.5]
- The state of being a malignant. [1913 Webster]
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