Hyphenation of maleficence

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word maleficence? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

malef-i-cence

Definitions of maleficence:

1.	Doing or causing evil
2.	The quality or nature of being harmful or evil

Synonyms of maleficence:

noun	malevolence, malignity
noun	mischief, balefulness, evil, evilness

Last hyphenations of this language

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