veniality

Noun

veniality (countable and uncountable, plural venialities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being venial (pardonable).
   • 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...1903, Carter Goodloe, Calvert of Strathore
   • However enraged I might be at the new revelation of Addicks' extraordinary veniality, the other elements in the situation remained as before.1905, Thomas W. Lawson, Frenzied Finance

   Synonyms:

   forgivableness, pardonableness, venialness

2. (countable) A venial (pardonable) action or an instance of venial behaviour.

   Synonyms:

   peccadillo, transgression, wrongdoing, crime, delict, delinquency, error, malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanor