venial

ve·ni·al  (vn-l, vnyl)

adj.

1. Easily excused or forgiven; pardonable: a venial offense.

2. Roman Catholic Church Minor, therefore warranting only temporal punishment.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin venilis, from Latin venia, forgiveness; see wen-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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veni·ali·ty (vn-l-t, vn-yl-), veni·al·ness (vn-l-ns, vnyl-) n.

veni·al·ly adv.

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venial [ˈviːnɪəl]

adj

easily excused or forgiven a venial error

[via Old French from Late Latin veniālis, from Latin venia forgiveness; related to Latin venus love]

veniality  n

venially  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	venial - warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin" minor theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth pardonable - admitting of being pardoned
	2.	venial - easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error" forgivable, excusable pardonable - admitting of being pardoned

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venial

adjective forgivable, minor, slight, trivial, insignificant, allowable, excusable, pardonable If he had faults, they were venial ones.

Translations

venial [ˈviːnɪəl] ADJ → venial; [error, fault] → leve

venial

adj → verzeihlich, entschuldbar; venial sin → lässliche Sünde

venial [ˈviːnɪəl] adj (Rel) (frm) (sin) → veniale

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venial [ˈviːnɪəl] adj (Rel) (frm) (sin) → veniale