Meaning of venia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. indulgence, kindness (i.e., lenient treatment)
   declension-1, feminine
2. mercy, grace, favour
   declension-1, feminine
3. pardon
   declension-1, feminine
4. forgiveness
   declension-1, feminine
5. permission
   declension-1, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“Mi gnate, da veniam hanc mihi.”

My son, do me this favor.

“‘quam’ dīxit ‘veniam vōs datis, ipsa negō.’”

‘‘That pardon you give,’’ she said, ‘‘I myself refuse.’’ (Virtuously steadfast, tragically fated to symbolize the foundational values of the Roman Republic, Lucretia responds to the absolutions of her father and her husband the morning after she was raped by a tyrant king's son.)

“Datur petentibus venia”

the permission being granted to them who begging

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