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Webster 1913 Edition
Venality
Ve-nal′i-ty
,Noun.
[L.
venalitas
: cf. F. vénalité
.] The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, for money or reward;
as, the
venality
of a corrupt court; the venality
of an official.Complaints of Roman
venality
became louder. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Venality
VENAL'ITY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
venality
venality
English
Noun
venality (countable and uncountable, plural venalities)
- The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.
- 1785: As your spirited paper has declared war, not only against venality and despotism, but was intended to correct follies and abuses in private life, I hope the following will come within its useful plan. — The Times, 17 Jan 1785, p.1 col. B
Translations
being for sale
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