Vera (nt.) [cp. Sk. vaira, der. fr. vīra] hatred, revenge, hostile action, sin A iv.247; Dh 5; J iv.71; DhA i.50.; PvA 13. -- avera absence of enmity, friendliness; (adj.) friendly, peaceable, kind D i.167, 247 (sa˚ & a˚), 251; S iv.296; A iv.246; Sn 150. The pañca bhayāni verāni (or vera -- bhayā) or pañca verā (Vbh 378) "the fivefold guilty dread" are the fears connected with sins against the 5 first commandments (sīlāni); see S ii.68; A iii.204 sq.; iv.405 sq.; v.182; It 57=Sn 167 (vera -- bhay'atīta).