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Venality meaning

The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.

Synonyms of Venality

corruptness corruption

Related words

Other words often associated with Venality or its synonyms:

dishonesty rottenness degradation depravity putrefaction decay dishonour subversion rot dishonor immorality degeneracy

Using Venality

  • The main meaning on this page is: The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.
  • Useful related words include: corruptness, corruption.
  • In the example corpus, venality often appears in combinations such as: and venality, venality is, venality and.

Context around Venality

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

interest 1× colossal 1×

Often after:

delusion 1×

Sentence patterns with Venality

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

abolition of venality in office 1× capacity for venality and corruption 1× envoys of venality and of 1× hypocrisy and venality are irrevocably 1× my venality is exposed 1× nepotism and venality were restored 1× of such venality 1× self interest venality delusion vanity 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

demosthenes accused the 1× his mendacity duplicity 1× in this case 1× it certainly won 1× my venality is 1× other proposals followed 1×

Common sentence endings:

leaves you speechless 1× less of me 1× of american voters 1× of high office 1× of such venality 1× open to debate 1×

Words around Venality

Just before it in the word index:

venal 17 venaissin 2 venafi 2 venae 3 venado 2 venables 57

Just after it in the word index:

venallia 2 venancio 6 venango 4 venantius 4 venas 2 venation 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Venality

  • In this selection, "venality" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, interest, colossal and delusion stand out and add context to how "venality" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include abolition of venality in office and capacity for venality and corruption. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "venality" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with venality

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Soon the "good old days" of nepotism and venality were restored. (11 words)

His mendacity, duplicity, depravity, hypocrisy and venality are irrevocably imprinted on the psyches of American voters. (16 words)

The U.N. combines endless lofty rhetoric with an equally endless capacity for venality and corruption. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

It certainly won’t be anywhere near the colossal venality that is perpetuated at the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development under the guise of giving money to the poor. (34 words)

Talleyrand's venality was celebrated; in the tradition of the ancien régime, he expected to be paid for the state duties he performed—whether these can properly be called "bribes" is open to debate. (34 words)

On a number of such occasions, Obasanjo has labelled all sorts of institutions within Nigeria as only for those institutions to respond back that he is the very author of such venality! (32 words)

Exclamation examples

On a number of such occasions, Obasanjo has labelled all sorts of institutions within Nigeria as only for those institutions to respond back that he is the very author of such venality! (32 words)

Example sentences (11)

His mendacity, duplicity, depravity, hypocrisy and venality are irrevocably imprinted on the psyches of American voters.

In this case, our nation’s overlords aren’t dummies, but might be defined by cunning, self-interest, venality, delusion, vanity or mental decline.

It certainly won’t be anywhere near the colossal venality that is perpetuated at the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development under the guise of giving money to the poor.

My venality is exposed and it’s not a pretty sight; grubby sin, mean omission, uncharitable gossip, this underbelly or shadow side, this less of me.

On a number of such occasions, Obasanjo has labelled all sorts of institutions within Nigeria as only for those institutions to respond back that he is the very author of such venality!

The U.N. combines endless lofty rhetoric with an equally endless capacity for venality and corruption.

The venality is so baroque, the vulgarity so ostentatious, the inconsistencies so stark, the incompetence so epic and the lies so brazen, it leaves you speechless.

Demosthenes accused the other envoys of venality and of facilitating Philip's plans with their stance.

Other proposals followed with the same success: the equality of legal punishment, admission of all to public office, abolition of venality in office, The buying and selling of high office.

Soon the "good old days" of nepotism and venality were restored.

Talleyrand's venality was celebrated; in the tradition of the ancien régime, he expected to be paid for the state duties he performed—whether these can properly be called "bribes" is open to debate.

Common combinations with venality

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "venality" in a sentence?
An example: "His mendacity, duplicity, depravity, hypocrisy and venality are irrevocably imprinted on the psyches of American voters." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "venality" from authentic English texts.
What does "venality" mean?
Venality means: The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.
What are synonyms of "venality"?
Common synonyms of "venality" include: corruptness, corruption.
How many example sentences with "venality" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "venality", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.