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veniality

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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.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin venilis, from Latin venia, forgiveness; see wen-1 in Indo-European roots.]
veni·ali·ty (vn-l-t, vn-yl-), veni·al·ness (vn-l-ns, vnyl-) n.
veni·al·ly adv.
Translations
veniality [ˌviːnɪˈælɪtɪ] N → venialidad f
veniality
n → Entschuldbarkeit f; (of sin) → Lässlichkeit f
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