Thanks for the new word! Venality is a vice associated with being bribeable, cruel, selfish, or of selling one’s services or power, especially when people are intended to act in a decent way instead. In its most recognizable form, dishonesty, venality causes people to lie and steal for their own personal advantage, and is related to bribery and nepotism, among other vices.
Thanks for the new word! Venality is a vice associated with being bribeable, cruel, selfish, or of selling one’s services or power, especially when people are intended to act in a decent way instead. In its most recognizable form, dishonesty, venality causes people to lie and steal for their own personal advantage, and is related to bribery and nepotism, among other vices.