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Malefaction

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malefeasancenounObsolete spelling of malfeasance. [Wrongdoing.]
abominationnoun(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.
malefactressnounA woman who violates the law or does evil; a female malefactor.
factnounSomething actual as opposed to invented.
misdeednounThat which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.
enormitynoun(uncountable) Deviation from moral normality; extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty.
malfeasancenounWrongdoing.
malevolencynounMalevolence, malice.
misguiltnounOffense; misdeed; crime; fault.
malignmentnounThe act of maligning something.
maleffectnounA bad or harmful effect.
offensenounThe act of offending.
amissnoun(chiefly predicative) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.
maleficiencenounAlternative form of maleficence. [harmfulness or mischief.]
malumnoun(formal) An evil or wrongdoing.
mayhemnounA state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.
defilementnounThe act of defiling.
misdoingnoun(chiefly in the plural) An act of wrongdoing; a misdeed.
malignancynounA malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign.
mischiefnoun(uncountable) Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.

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