English

Noun

veniality ‎(countable and uncountable, plural venialities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being venial (pardonable).
   • 1903, Carter Goodloe, Calvert of Strathore:

     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. "

   • 1905, Thomas W. Lawson, Frenzied Finance:

     However enraged I might be at the new revelation of Addicks' extraordinary veniality, the other elements in the situation remained as before.

2. (countable) A venial (pardonable) action or an instance of venial behaviour.

Synonyms

• (quality of being venial): venialness

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