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Veniality

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being venial (pardonable). uncountable

    "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. ""

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

Etymology

From venial + -ity.

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