Malice
noun
The desire to harm others or do something bad to them.
He didn't show any malice towards those who had wronged him.
Often appears as...
- bare malice
- act of malice
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Disapproving
noun
A legal term for the intention to harm others, especially deliberately.
He was charged with malice murder for intentionally causing the victim's death.
Often appears as...
- malice murder
- malice aforethought
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Formal
noun
The desire to harm others or do something bad to them.
He didn't show any malice towards those who had wronged him.
Often appears as...
- bare malice
- act of malice
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A legal term for the intention to harm others, especially deliberately.
He was charged with malice murder for intentionally causing the victim's death.
Often appears as...
- malice murder
- malice aforethought
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Malice has a strong negative tone and implies intention to cause harm.
His prank was driven by malice, not humor.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity
Malice is more intense than mere dislike; it suggests active ill-will.
She could feel the malice in his words.
Pro Tip 3/3Preposition Usage
Often used with 'towards,' 'against,' or 'for' to indicate who is targeted by the harmful intent.
He bore no malice towards his competitors.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Malice has a strong negative tone and implies intention to cause harm.
His prank was driven by malice, not humor.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity
Malice is more intense than mere dislike; it suggests active ill-will.
She could feel the malice in his words.
Pro Tip 3/3Preposition Usage
Often used with 'towards,' 'against,' or 'for' to indicate who is targeted by the harmful intent.
He bore no malice towards his competitors.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Malice has a strong negative tone and implies intention to cause harm.
His prank was driven by malice, not humor.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity
Malice is more intense than mere dislike; it suggests active ill-will.
She could feel the malice in his words.
Pro Tip 3/3Preposition Usage
Often used with 'towards,' 'against,' or 'for' to indicate who is targeted by the harmful intent.
He bore no malice towards his competitors.
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into robust AI systems that we can really trust, because otherwise, all this awesome new technology can malfunction and harm us, or get hacked and be turned against us. And this AI safety work has to include work on AI value alignment, because the real threat from AGI isn't malice, like in silly Hollywood movies, but competence --
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You’ve extended grace. You’ve extended grace to someone else. And I believe that when you remove malice from your heart, not only do you feel better, you look better. I think you lose your frown lines and your wrinkles lessen and your age spots disappear.
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Not out of malice or greed, just trying to make sure that you get something to work for you so you can move on. Unfortunately, that is the beginning of corruption. And if left to thrive and grow, it seeps into the whole system, and before you know it,
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that he blacked out as a result of post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from a difficult childhood it was a defense that did not hold up in court they found me guilty of felony murder and malice murder and gave me a life sentence
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that English had shaken and beaten his son they arrested me for aggravated battery cruelty to children and then when they pulled the plug on my son's life they upgraded the charges to malice murder cruelty and children aggravated
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The ethical dilemma of...
a reaction, not a deliberate decision. It would be an instinctual panicked move with no forethought or malice. But if a programmer were to instruct the car to make the same move, given conditions it may sense in the future,
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Living Among the Dead PIPE...
malice will continue to live in a place many would find taboo doesn't even mean this really isn't a place for the living without poppy latinum was a place for the dead but in the end it's our home
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How I help people...
Now kids are pure honesty. She's like two or three. This little girl, she wasn't trying to be mean. She didn't have any malice in her heart. This little girl was afraid. She was just afraid.
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Protecting Leopards From...
we are very privileged to be able to work together and we make a great team these days that we want to kill one another malice is really passionate about animals
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Life Among the Dead PIPE...
malice will continue to live in a place many would find taboo honey with me money this really isn't a place for the living without but the latinum it's a
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How to get empowered,...
into robust AI systems that we can really trust, because otherwise, all this awesome new technology can malfunction and harm us, or get hacked and be turned against us. And this AI safety work has to include work on AI value alignment, because the real threat from AGI isn't malice, like in silly Hollywood movies, but competence --
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How to Discover Your...
You’ve extended grace. You’ve extended grace to someone else. And I believe that when you remove malice from your heart, not only do you feel better, you look better. I think you lose your frown lines and your wrinkles lessen and your age spots disappear.
Video examples
A few ways to fix a...
Not out of malice or greed, just trying to make sure that you get something to work for you so you can move on. Unfortunately, that is the beginning of corruption. And if left to thrive and grow, it seeps into the whole system, and before you know it,
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Veteran Behind Bars PIPE...
that he blacked out as a result of post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from a difficult childhood it was a defense that did not hold up in court they found me guilty of felony murder and malice murder and gave me a life sentence
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Prison Victim PIPE National...
that English had shaken and beaten his son they arrested me for aggravated battery cruelty to children and then when they pulled the plug on my son's life they upgraded the charges to malice murder cruelty and children aggravated
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The ethical dilemma of...
a reaction, not a deliberate decision. It would be an instinctual panicked move with no forethought or malice. But if a programmer were to instruct the car to make the same move, given conditions it may sense in the future,
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Living Among the Dead PIPE...
malice will continue to live in a place many would find taboo doesn't even mean this really isn't a place for the living without poppy latinum was a place for the dead but in the end it's our home
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How I help people...
Now kids are pure honesty. She's like two or three. This little girl, she wasn't trying to be mean. She didn't have any malice in her heart. This little girl was afraid. She was just afraid.
Video examples
Protecting Leopards From...
we are very privileged to be able to work together and we make a great team these days that we want to kill one another malice is really passionate about animals
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Life Among the Dead PIPE...
malice will continue to live in a place many would find taboo honey with me money this really isn't a place for the living without but the latinum it's a
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Helene Yorke
If the mean thing is being said with a person who abused malice, then something sounds mean. If something that is considered mean is being said by somebody who has good intentions and has maybe a comedic lack of awareness, then you can get away with a little bit more.
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Cesare Beccaria
Italian Judge
If there were an exact and universal scale of punishments and crimes, we would have a fairly reliable and shared instrument to measure the degree of tyranny and liberty, of the basic humanity or malice of the different nations.
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Charlie Trotter
American Celebrity
At home, a man is entitled to raise his voice maybe once a year, if something really gets under his skin. At work, it's different. I raise my voice all the time. Not out of malice, but to get things right. It's never personal.
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George A. Smith
American Clergyman
Our enemies are our evil deeds and their memories, our pride, our selfishness, our malice, our passions, which by conscience or by habit pursue us with a relentlessness past the power of figure to express.
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Iyanla Vanzant
American Author
Gossip is when you have a malice of intent or mindless, third-party conversation to someone about someone, something you haven't said to that someone.
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Anthony Ray Hinton
American Author
I have no respect for the prosecutors, the judges. And I say that not with malice in my heart. I say it because they took 30 years from me.
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Sheikh Hasina
Bangladeshi Statesman
Maintenance of good relations with the neighbours, friendship to all, malice to none is the policy I pursue throughout my life.
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Logan Pearsall Smith
American Writer
A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.
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Lady Gregory
Irish Dramatist
Every day in the year there comes some malice into the world, and where it comes from is no good place.
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Ricky Gervais
English Writer
Stupidity without malice isn't horrible; some people can't help it.
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Helene Yorke
If the mean thing is being said with a person who abused malice, then something sounds mean. If something that is considered mean is being said by somebody who has good intentions and has maybe a comedic lack of awareness, then you can get away with a little bit more.
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Cesare Beccaria
Italian Judge
If there were an exact and universal scale of punishments and crimes, we would have a fairly reliable and shared instrument to measure the degree of tyranny and liberty, of the basic humanity or malice of the different nations.
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Charlie Trotter
American Celebrity
At home, a man is entitled to raise his voice maybe once a year, if something really gets under his skin. At work, it's different. I raise my voice all the time. Not out of malice, but to get things right. It's never personal.
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George A. Smith
American Clergyman
Our enemies are our evil deeds and their memories, our pride, our selfishness, our malice, our passions, which by conscience or by habit pursue us with a relentlessness past the power of figure to express.
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Iyanla Vanzant
American Author
Gossip is when you have a malice of intent or mindless, third-party conversation to someone about someone, something you haven't said to that someone.
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Anthony Ray Hinton
American Author
I have no respect for the prosecutors, the judges. And I say that not with malice in my heart. I say it because they took 30 years from me.
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Sheikh Hasina
Bangladeshi Statesman
Maintenance of good relations with the neighbours, friendship to all, malice to none is the policy I pursue throughout my life.
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Logan Pearsall Smith
American Writer
A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.
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Lady Gregory
Irish Dramatist
Every day in the year there comes some malice into the world, and where it comes from is no good place.
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Ricky Gervais
English Writer
Stupidity without malice isn't horrible; some people can't help it.
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