VENGER
Ven"ger, n.
Defn: An avenger. [Obs.] Spenser.
VENIABLE
Ve"ni*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. veniabilis, fr. venia forgiveness, pardon.]
Defn: Venial; pardonable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
— Ve"ni*a*bly, adv. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
VENIAL Ve"ni*al, a. Etym: [OF. venial, F. véniel, L. venialis, from venia forgiveness, pardon, grace, favor, kindness; akin to venerari to venerate. See Venerate.]
1. Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression. So they do nothing, 't is a venial slip. Shak.
2. Allowed; permitted. [Obs.] "Permitting him the while venial discourse unblamed." Milton. Venial sin (R. C. Theol.), a sin which weakens, but does not wholly destroy, sanctifying grace, as do mortal, or deadly, sins. — Ve"ni*al*ly, adv. — Ve"ni*al*ness, n. Bp. Hall.
VENIALITY
Ve`ni*al"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being venial; venialness. Jer. Taylor.
VENIN
Ven"in, n. [L. venenum poison.] (Physiol. Chem.)