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Meaning of "venal" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VENAL

From Latin vēnālis, from vēnum sale.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VENAL

venal  [ˈviːnəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VENAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Venal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES VENAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Venality

Venality is a vice associated with being bribeable or of selling one's services or power, especially when one should act justly instead. In its most recognizable form, dishonesty, venality causes people to lie and steal for their personal advantage, and is related to bribery and nepotism, among other vices. Venality in its mild form is a vice notable especially among those with government or military careers. In these fields, one is supposed to act with justice and honor and not accept bribes. That ensures that the organization is not susceptible to self-interested parties. For people to accept settlements and legislation, the acts of the government must be seen as just. This perception enhances the legitimacy of the government. Venality is a term often used with reference to pre-revolutionary France, where it describes the then-widespread practice of selling administrative positions within the government to the highest bidder, especially regarding the Nobles of the Robe. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as: ▪ The quality or fact of being for sale.

Definition of venal in the English dictionary

The first definition of venal in the dictionary is easily bribed or corrupted; mercenary. Other definition of venal is characterized by corruption. Venal is also open to purchase, esp by bribery.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VENAL


adrenal
əˈdriːnəl
albinal
ælˈbiːnəl
carinal
kəˈriːnəl
duodenal
ˌdjuːəʊˈdiːnəl
encinal
ɛnˈsiːnəl
eternal
ɪˈtɜːnəl
external
ɪkˈstɜːnəl
gastroduodenal
ˌɡæstrəʊˌdjuːəʊˈdiːnəl
genal
ˈdʒiːnəl
internal
ɪnˈtɜːnəl
interrenal
ˌɪntəˈriːnəl
journal
ˈdʒɜːnəl
penal
ˈpiːnəl
prerenal
priːˈriːnəl
renal
ˈriːnəl
scarlatinal
ˌskɑːləˈtiːnəl
suprarenal
ˌsuːprəˈriːnəl
thenal
ˈθiːnəl
tribunal
traɪˈbjuːnəl
weanel
ˈwiːnəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VENAL

vena
vena cava
venae
venae cavae
venality
venally
venatic
venatical
venatically
venation
venational
venator
venatorial
vend
Venda
vendable
vendace
vendage
vendee
vender

WORDS THAT END LIKE VENAL

arsenal
Cardenal
catechumenal
crumenal
epagomenal
epiphenomenal
hymenal
isocheimenal
juvenal
lienal
lumenal
noumenal
phenomenal
prolegomenal
translumenal

Synonyms and antonyms of venal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VENAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «venal» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of venal

Translation of «venal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VENAL

Find out the translation of venal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of venal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «venal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

腐败的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

venal
570 millions of speakers

English

venal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ज़रख़ीद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قابل للرشوة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

продажный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

venal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিরাস্থ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vénal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Venal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

käuflich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

腐敗した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

돈으로 좌우
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Venal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dể hối lộ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பணத்திற்கு விலைபோகும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बनावटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yiyici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

venale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

venal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

продажний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

venal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

venal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

veil
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

korrumperad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bestikkelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of venal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VENAL»

The term «venal» is regularly used and occupies the 80.720 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VENAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «venal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «venal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about venal

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2 QUOTES WITH «VENAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word venal.
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C. J. Box
I love to feature children and young adults as real people - flawed, naive, virtuous, venal - but real. I think it adds nuance and depth to the stories that wouldn't exist without them.
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Richard Dooling
Deep down I knew that if Hell existed, it was a real place full of ruthless, venal people, like the commodity pits at the Chicago Board of Trade, Disney World, or oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VENAL»

Discover the use of venal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to venal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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HOUSE OF LORDS THE SESSIONAL PAPERS: 1835 VOL. 9 PART 1
DUNDALK. un1 obul'. denar'. quadrant', obul'. obul'. un un' un' un' un obul'. duos denar'. un' obul'. duos denar'. duos denar'. un' denar'. duos denar'. un denar'. duos denar'. obul'. denar'. un un De quail lit>a zinzifies venal' De qualt lifca croci  ...
‎1835
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FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO ...
de De qualt litia zinzitSes venal' De qualt lifca croci venal' „ pipis venal' „ de galyngale venal' „ de clowys venal' „ de maces quybybis & " greyn de parys venal " De oimod' al geffib3 spier' valor' duodecim denar' venal' De cent' libris cere venal' ...
‎1835
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Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
de quibuscikk corr valor' xii denar' aut alioj pelliu de shorlingf venal' unu' denar' de centu' pellibus lanulis venal' unu' denar" de cent' pellibus agno^j venal' duos denar' de valore duodecim denar' alio$ pelliu venal' unu' quadrant' de quott ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1831
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Appendix to the First Report ...: Southern, midland, western ...
De qualt liba croci venal' - - un' denar'. ,, pipis venal' - - un' quadrant'. ,, 0 de galyngale venal' un' obul'. ,, de clowys venal' - un' obul'. ,, de maces quybybis & ,, greyn de parys venal' un' obul'. De 0imod' al geftlibj spier' valor' duodecim denar'  ...
Great Britain. Commissioners on Municipal Corporations in Ireland, 1835
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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS, EIGHT FOLUMES.
de quibuscuOfl corr valor' xii denar' aut alio$ pelliu de shorlingf venal' unu' denar' de centu' pellibus lanulis venal' unu' denar' de cent' pellibus agnoj venal' duos denar' de valore duodecim denar' alio§ pelliu venal' unu' quadrant' de quott ...
‎1831
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Love and money: a dramatic sketch
Venal. And who also did you meet there, Legsby 1 Legsby. No one but Mr. Clinton. Venal. Is he an admirer of Miss Moneyman, do you think ] Legsby, I believe he is, but I do not think he is trying courtship. •» Venal. What would be bis chances, ...
Wharton?, 1858
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Louis XIV and the Parlements: The Assertion of Royal Authority
Venal. office. and. the. royal. breakthrough. The magistrates of the parlements, like office-holders throughout the royal administration, held their offices as property in almost the same sense that one owned real estate or moveables - almost, but ...
John J. Hurt, 2004
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Dewey's Democracy and Education Revisited: Contemporary ...
This implies a relation between the individual, micro level, and the collective public macro levels of corruption, as well as a relation between technical legalistic definitions and the more global or moral conceptions of venal corruption (i.e., ...
Patrick M. Jenlink, 2009
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Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous ...
Vary. See Change. Vast. See Huge. Vaunt. See Boast. Vehement. See Furious. Veil. See Cloak. Velocity. See Quickness. Venal. Mercenary. Venal (Lat. venalis, veneo, to be sold) is a far ' stronger term than Mercenary (merces, pay or wages).
‎1871
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Moon People 3: Venus the Goddess of Love
It's the ruler of Mars, Venal Bermish. Excellent Lieutenant patch him through to me the admiral said. Yes sir the Lieutenant replied. Then admiral Benson said, this is a great honor for me Venal. What can I do for you sir. Venal had to talk in a  ...
Dale M. Courtney, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VENAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term venal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Beyond The Reach, film review: Michael Douglas is vicious and …
In an another entertaining, eye-rolling turn as the villain, Douglas plays his character as if he is Gordon Gekko with a rifle, vicious and venal. The Tom and ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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You Don't Have To Be Venal, Weird And Creepy To Work In Climate …
Apologies for the lack of posts over the last couple of weeks but I've been busy interviewing for the job of chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
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A Venal Commandment
A few winters ago, I perchance attended Nikesh Arora's house-warming party at an apartment complex in Gurgaon. The then top Google executive hosted a ... «Outlook, Jul 15»
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The venal corruption of the political class
The venal corruption of the political class. Corruption runs riot in the political classes in the U.S. (and Britain and the wider West too). They think it's normal, and ... «The Commentator, May 15»
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Hogarth recognised us for what we are ... venal and easily bribed
ONE of the funniest things about the Siteserv kerfuffle is the public indignation that the votes of shareholders in a banjaxed, bust company had to be 'bought' for ... «Irish Examiner, Apr 15»
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Rhodes VC rips into SA's 'venal' political elite
Rhodes University vice-chancellor Dr Sizwe Mabizela on Thursday laid into South Africa's top political elite‚ saying people "of questionable moral and ethical ... «Rand Daily Mail, Apr 15»
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'Angels In America' Actor Mark Robbins Reveals The Joy In Playing …
"In the same way, I think Kushner looks at Roy as this repository of everything that's venal, mean, and for lack of a better word, hyper conservative in what's going ... «KCUR, Mar 15»
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Broken, venal, dysfunctional: The GOP clown show, Hillary's …
Looking back at those words — and at a Congress that remains as venal and broken as it ever was — one can't help but wonder: Did he mean it? He probably ... «Salon, Mar 15»
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Venal Vandal
Susan Hemeryck strolled into the rotunda of the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee Dec. 23 with a specific goal in mind: to destroy a religious display she didn't ... «Americans United, Feb 15»
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Remembering Marion Barry
I would not wish for a return of that Washington's violence and dysfunction, any more than I would wish to live under a mayor as venal and indifferent as Mr Barry. «The Economist, Nov 14»

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