Venial /(?)/
Ve·ni·al
Venial
a.
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Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression.
So they do nothing, 't is a venial slip.
- Allowed; permitted. [Obs.]
Phrases & Compounds
- Venial sin
- a sin which weakens, but does not wholly destroy, sanctifying grace, as do mortal, or deadly, sins.