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Terms vs Veniality - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and veniality

is that terms is while veniality is (uncountable) the quality of being venial (pardonable).

terms

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    veniality

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    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being venial (pardonable).
  • *{{quote-book, year=1903, author=Carter Goodloe, title=Calvert of Strathore, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=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. " }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1905, author=Thomas W. Lawson, title=Frenzied Finance, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=However enraged I might be at the new revelation of Addicks' extraordinary veniality , the other elements in the situation remained as before. }}
  • (countable) A venial (pardonable) action or an instance of venial behaviour.

    • Synonyms

    * (quality of being venial) venialness