VENALITY Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word venality. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for VENALITY
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| bribery | nounn | |||||||
noun • the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage | ||||||||
| corruption | nounn | |||||||
noun • lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain • in a state of progressive putrefaction • decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) • moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles • destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity • inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony) | ||||||||
| crookedness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a tortuous and twisted shape or position • having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles • the quality of being deceitful and underhanded | ||||||||
| dishonesty | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being dishonest • lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | ||||||||
| graft | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient • the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage • the act of grafting something onto something else verb • cause to grow together parts from different plants • place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient | ||||||||
| unscrupulousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty | ||||||||
