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malices

malices is the plural of malice.

malices is the third-person singular simple present indicative of malice.

Meaning of malice

Noun

malice (usually uncountable, plural malices)

  1. (usually) Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
    • Your voice positively drips malice.
  2. (usually) An intention to do injury to another party, which in many jurisdictions is a distinguishing factor between the crimes of murder and manslaughter.
    • The question that would have been before the jury was whether Fox committed “actual malice” in airing the claims. That required Dominion to show whether key decision makers were aware the claims were false or acted with reckless disregard for the truth.2023 April 18, Sam Levine, Kira Lerner, “Fox and Dominion settle for US$787.5m in defamation lawsuit over election lies”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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Questions about malices

What is malices the plural of?
Malices is the plural of malice.

Words near malices in the dictionary

  1. malice murders
  2. malice prepense
  3. maliced
  4. maliceful
  5. maliceless
  6. malices
  7. malicide
  8. malicides
  9. malicing
  10. malicious
  11. malicious compliance

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