venial
adjective
able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal).
veniality
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a word derived from
venial.
Example Sentences
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Here sat, for the major portion of the fourteenth century, the papal court of Avignon; which the uncharitable have called a synonym for profligacy, veniality, and luxurious degeneracy.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
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.
From Calvert of Strathore by Carter Goodloe
However enraged I might be at the new revelation of Addicks' extraordinary veniality, the other elements in the situation remained as before.
From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Thomas William Lawson
He suspects every adviser of treachery, of self-interest, of veniality, and he has reason to do so.
From Calvert of Strathore by Carter Goodloe
