MALIGNITY

Ma‐lig″ni‐ty (?), n. [[F. malignité, L. malignitas.]] 1. 1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.
2. 2. Virulence; deadly quality.
His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease. Hayward. 3. 3. Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud.
Syn. — See Malice.