the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The quality of being injurious or harmful; hurtfulness.
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n. destructiveness that causes harm or injury
Word Usage
"Their enemies shall deal hardly with them, for they have dealt hardly with one another (v. 11): Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness; that is, their injuriousness to one another is protected and patronised by the power of the magistrate."