veniality

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veniality

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From venial + -ity.

noun venialities

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 behin
Similar: forgivableness, pardonableness, venialness
countable A venial (pardonable) action or an instance of venial behaviour.
Similar: peccadillo, transgression, wrongdoing, crime, delict, delinquency, error, malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdoing, offense

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noun quality of being venial

Deutsch	Lässlichkeit, Läßlichkeit, Entschuldbarkeit

noun venial action

Deutsch	Lässlichkeit, Läßlichkeit

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@misc{veniality_2026,
  title = {veniality},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/veniality},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}