What a charm may ward off (4)

I believe the answer is:

evil

(Other definitions for evil that I've seen before include "Live kind of badness" , "Wicked, sinful" , "Wicked - sin" , "Profoundly immoral" , "Depravity, wickedness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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