the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; disposition toward evil; intense ill will.
n. Unfavorableness; evil nature.
n. Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue.
n. A cancerous tumor that is spreading beyond the point of origin.
n. The state of being a malignant.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Same as malignancy.
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n. (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
n. quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
Word Usage
"Before there was suspicion, with the citation of his criminal behavior and apparent lack of remorse and contrition and humility etc., there is proof of at least past malignance."