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VENALITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does venality mean?
• VENALITY (noun)
The noun VENALITY has 1 sense:
1. prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward
Familiarity information: VENALITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("venality" is a kind of...):
corruption; corruptness (lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain)
Derivation:
venal (capable of being corrupted)
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