veniality

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Definition of veniality

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noun

(uncountable)The quality of being venial (pardonable).

“When he heard him in after years accused of shameless veniality, of trickery, lying, duplicity, even murder, he always remembered that impulsive revelation--never repeated--of a warped, unhappy childhood, of a perverted destiny. Mr. Morris came to him later as he stood leaning against the wall behind the chair of Madame de Chastellux. "”
“However enraged I might be at the new revelation of Addicks' extraordinary veniality, the other elements in the situation remained as before.”

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noun

(uncountable)The quality of being venial (pardonable).

“When he heard him in after years accused of shameless veniality, of trickery, lying, duplicity, even murder, he always remembered that impulsive revelation--never repeated--of a warped, unhappy childhood, of a perverted destiny. Mr. Morris came to him later as he stood leaning against the wall behind the chair of Madame de Chastellux. "”
“However enraged I might be at the new revelation of Addicks' extraordinary veniality, the other elements in the situation remained as before.”
(countable)A venial (pardonable) action or an instance of venial behaviour.

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From venial + -ity.

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