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Meaning of Venial in English

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Venial

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Adjective

1. minor, venial

warranting only temporal punishment

Example Sentences:
'venial sin'

2. excusable, forgivable, venial

easily excused or forgiven

Example Sentences:
'a venial error'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Venial

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adjective
easily excused or forgiven
a venial error

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Venial

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adjective
1. 
that may be forgiven; pardonable
2. 
that may be excused or overlooked; excusable
said as of an error or fault
3.  Theology
not causing spiritual death
said of sin either not serious in itself or, if serious, not adequately recognized as such or not committed with full consent of one's will see also mortal

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Venial

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adj.
1. Easily excused or forgiven; pardonable: a venial offense.
2. Roman Catholic Church Minor, therefore warranting only temporal punishment.

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