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