MALIG'NITY, n. L. malignitas. Extreme enmity, or evil dispositions of heart towards another malice without provocation, or malevolence with baseness of heart deep rooted spite.
1. Virulence destructive tendency as the malignity of an ulcer or disease.
2. Extreme evilness of nature as the malignity of fraud.
3. Extreme sinfulness enormity or heinousness as the malignity of sin.
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