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Venal vs. Venial
venal
Definition
capable of being corrupted
Examples
a venal police officer
venial
Definition
warranting only temporal punishment
Examples
venial sin
Other misspelled words
Aloud vs. Allowed
Boar vs. Boor vs. Bore
Demur vs. Demure
Perquisite vs. Prerequisite
Hearty vs. Hardy
Hue vs. Hew
Data vs. Datum
Misogyny vs. Misogamy
Prescribe vs. Proscribe
Adapt vs. Adopt
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