malefice
An evil deed; evilness; enchantment or sorcery.
archaic
A whiteness steals as of a world made still When reptant Death at last rears absolute— An earth now frozen by malefice of eyes Aeonian dooms and realm-deep rigors fill— The gaze of that Medusa of the skies
On hills like tumuli, and waters mute,
Where it comes from
From Latin maleficium: compare French maléfice. See malefactor.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry malefice (CC BY-SA 4.0).