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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
Haul vs. Hall
Waist vs. Waste
Aural vs. Oral
Flaunt vs. Flout
Exotic vs. Erotic
Avenge vs. Revenge
Patience vs. Patients
Converge vs. Diverge
Later vs. Latter
Plain vs. Plane
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