@OED #WOTD We start our worship with a benediction. Did you know about malediction, aka MALISON? https://t.co/ZZ1LF4xZyY
— Tory S. Anderson (@WorldsEndless) August 16, 2014
Both “malediction” (which those familiar with “benediction” should guess) and “malison” can be useful words meaning “a curse.” I’m surprised I haven’t encountered them in fantasy games. My favorite usage of the term is from 1992, E.S. Connell in “Alchymist’s Journal:” Such is the lot or malison of genius.