adjective. Easily excused or forgiven; pardonable.

adjective. Minor, therefore warranting only temporal punishment.

That may be forgiven; pardonable; not very sinful or wrong: as, a venial sin or transgression. See sin, 1.

Excusable; that may be allowed or permitted to pass without severe censure.

Permissible; harmless; unobjectionable.

Synonyms and Venial, Excusable, Pardonable. Excusable and pardonable are applied to things small and great, but pardonable primarily applies to greater offenses, as pardoning is a more serious act than excusing. Excusable may be applied where the offense is only in seeming. Venial applies to things actually done; the others may apply to infirmities and the like. Venial, by theological use, is often opposed, more or less clearly, to mortal.

noun. A venial sin or offense.

adjective. Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable.

adjective. Allowed; permitted.

adjective. a sin which weakens, but does not wholly destroy, sanctifying grace, as do mortal, or deadly, sins.

adjective. Pardonable; able to be forgiven

adjective. Excusable; trifling

adjective. warranting only temporal punishment

adjective. easily excused or forgiven

"“Those sins are called venial sins,” Mary Catherine continues."

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