Wickedness to be sent from below (4)

I believe the answer is:

evil

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'wickedness' is the definition.
(I know that wickedness can be written as evil)

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(Other definitions for evil that I've seen before include "Malign" , "Extremely bad" , "Morally corrupt" , "Profoundly immoral" , "'The ... that men do lives after them' (Shakespeare)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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