venialadj.¹n.

Brit.

/ˈviːnɪəl/, U.S.

/ˈviniəl/,

/ˈvinjəl/

Forms: α. Middle English uenial, veniale, Middle English–1600s veniall, Middle English– venial; Middle English venyal (Middle English -ale), Middle English–1500s venyall. β. Middle English veniele, Middle English veniel.

Etymology: < Old French venial, veniel (modern French véniel, = Spanish venial, Portuguese venial, Italian veniale), or < Latin veniālis (rare), < venia forgiveness, indulgence, pardon.

A. adj.¹

1. Worthy or admitting of pardon, forgiveness, or remission; not grave or heinous; pardonable, light:

a. Of sin; spec. in Theology as opposed to deadly or mortal.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > kinds of sin > [adjective] > venial

lighteOE

forȝivelichc1000

veniala1300

a1300 Cursor Mundi 27541 Bot þar-of es oþer sines smale, Þat clerkes clepes veniale.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 27545 Man cals þam venial and light.

c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2638 Þe saul þat es clensed wele Of al dedely syn and of veniele.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 287 In þis wise skippith venial in to dedly synne.

c1400 26 Pol. Poems ix. 85 In venyale synne longe to byde, Makeþ dedly synnes to growe grete.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 60/2 To swere lyghtly without hurte or blame is venyal synne.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxx Whome no synne sholde defoule, neyther originall nor actuall, mortall ne venyall.

1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes i. f. v If he hath lightly offended in any venyall synne, he pardoneth him.

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 83 If I but tutch, to tutch 's a veniall sin, The pretty circle of thy dimpled chin.

1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) Pref. 33 That it is only a Venial Sin in any, to lessen the great authority of another.

a1700 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1911) 9 360 She had rather have suffered a thousand deaths, then wittingly commite y^e least veniall sinne.

1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed ix. 116 By what Rule shall a Person be able to make a Judgment whether his Sins be mortal or venial?

1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft ii. 56 The crime of the person who..consulted the oracle of Apollo;—a capital offence in a Jew, but surely a venial sin in an ignorant and deluded pagan.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 408 Those who have only committed venial sins are first purified of them.

b. Of crimes, offences, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adjective] > excusable > of offences, etc.

pardonablea1500

veniala1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 9 So they doe nothing, tis a veniall slip.

1622 J. Taylor Sir Gregory Nonsence in Wks. (1630) 4/1 The man that seeketh straying minds to weane all, From veniall vices, or offences penall.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. Introd. Pref. sig. A8^v I hope it will be thought a Venial Crime, if in some of these Meditations I have not aim'd to express Eloquence, but only to cherish Piety.

1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires i. iv. 174 Thus, pure from more pernicious crimes I live: Some venial frailties you may well forgive.

1796 W. Marshall Rural Econ. W. Eng. II. 115 The practice of pruning off the side boughs of Hedgerow Elms is a venial crime.

1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 56 Our own laws not long ago punished forgery and even more venial crimes with death.

1876 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth xiv. 134 Laughter may be the right cure for venial follies.

†c. Of an offender: Committing a venial sin or offence. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adjective] > excusable > of an offender

pardonable1638

venial1796

1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. v. 225 The venial offender had been released with a gentle reprimand.

a. Of an error or fault: That may be excused or overlooked; of a light, unimportant, or trivial nature; excusable.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adjective] > excusable > of an error or fault

venial1581

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 66 b Whereby we may gather, that if the fault in wordes be veniall, the fault in sentence and matter be mortall.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. ix. 243 In the prosecuting and managing thereof, many not onely veniall errours but unexcusable faults were committed.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 326 He thinks it a more venial fault to make a mistake at Second hand after others.

1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) 235 He, who would have been ashamed to participate in Fraud, or to yield to Corruption, may begin to think the Faults venial, when he sees Men, who were far below Him, rise above Him by Fraud and by Corruption.

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 418 Witness at his foot, The spaniel dying, for some venial fault.

1825 W. Scott Betrothed Concl., in Tales Crusaders II. 334 This is a venial error compared to that of our ancestors.

1876 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth xxxvi. 362 If a boy has committed some..quite venial fault.

b. In general use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial

eathlyc890

lighteOE

littleOE

small?c1225

singlec1449

easy1474

triflous1509

naughty1526

slender1530

slight1548

shrimpish1549

slipper1567

truanta1572

toyous1581

trivious1583

mean1585

silly1587

nicea1594

puny?1594

puisne1598

pusill1599

whindling1601

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non-significant1603

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flea-bite1605

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lank1607

weightless1610

fonda1616

penny farthing1615

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unserious1655

nugal1656

small drink1656

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snitling1682

retail1697

Lilliputian1726

vain1731

rattletrap1760

peppercornish1762

peppercorn1791

underling1804

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floccinaucical1826

small-bore1833

minified1837

trantlum1838

piffling1848

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potty1860

whipping-snapping1861

tea-gardeny1862

quiddling1863

twaddling1863

fidgeting1865

penny ante1865

feather-weighted1870

jerkwater1877

midget1879

mimsy1880

shirttail1881

two-by-four1885

footle1894

skittery1905

footery1929

Mickey Mouse1931

chickenshit1934

minoritized1945

marginal1952

marginalized1961

tea-party1961

little league1962

marginalizing1977

minnowy1991

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adjective] > excusable

excusablec1374

veniable1646

ignoscible1656

venial1806

1806 in L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson 304 (note) The account here given of Col. Hutchinson's motives..lays his conduct fairly open to the discussion..of the reader, who..will determine it for himself to be commendable, censurable, or venial.

1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 138 This was indeed a gross delusion, but, assuredly for young men at least, a very venial one too.

1850 W. Irving Mahomet (1853) xvi. 96 An act of plunder and revenge—a venial act in the eyes of the Arabs.

1880 R. G. White Every-day Eng. 79 Mere provincialism in pronunciation..is venial in comparison with slovenly speech.

†3. Allowable, permissible; blameless. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that can be permitted

sufferablea1395

admittable?1406

allowable1445

permissiblea1475

congeable1528

tolerable1531

lowable1538

grantable1548

permittable?1575

venial1597

lawful1600

admissible1611

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxi. 202 The Iewes..not doubting that bodily labours are made by necessitie veniall, though otherwise, especially on that day [i.e. the Sabbath], rest be more conuenient.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 5 Where God..With Man..familiar us'd To sit indulgent,..permitting him the while Venial discourse unblam'd.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 219 With venial freedom let me now demand Thy name, thy lineage, and paternal land.

B. n.

A venial sin or offence; a light fault or error. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sinfulness > sinful deed > [noun] > venial

venialc1380

escape1576

peccadillo1591

peccadill1610

peccadillie1660

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial > types of

venialc1380

nutshalea1393

nutshella1400

flea-biting1553

flea-bite1577

nothing1577

epitomea1593

quilicoma1644

ephemera1751

pinprick1853

bibelot1873

piffle1884

peanut1910

popcorn1964

trivia1968

factoid1982

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > kinds of sin > [noun] > venial

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peccadill1610

peccadillie1660

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed > an evil deed, fault, or offence > slight

venialc1380

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peccadillo1591

peccadill1610

by-slip1612

peccadillie1660

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 452 Þouȝ þis be synne, ȝit it is venyal, and not dedly, and venyals ben waschen awey wiþ preieris of a Pater-noster.

a1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) i. xxxiii Neuertheles yet shalt thou for this defawte & all other venyals whyche may not be eschewed in this wretchyd lyf lyft up thyn hert to god.

c1425 St. Mary of Oignies i. vi, in Anglia VIII. 138/47 Þof she so eshewed fro smal [sins] and veniels.

1541 Schole House of Women sig. Diii^v And were not, two small venyalles [1572 venialles] The femynyne myght, be gloryfyde.

1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery iii. ix. 364 Howsoeuer our late papists flatter themselues in their venials.

1615 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. 824 It..gently blanches ouer the breaches of Gods Law with the name of venials and fauourable titles of diminution.

1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. iv. 15 I was careful not to commit any Mortal sin;..but of Venials I made no great account.

1969 J. D. Crichton in J. Fitzsimons Penance ii. 32 One thing that the present system inhibits, with..its neat parcels of ‘mortals’ and ‘venials’—the sin-grid, in fact—is the expression of the diffused feeling of sinfulness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	venial
释义	venialadj.¹n. Brit. /ˈviːnɪəl/, U.S. /ˈviniəl/, /ˈvinjəl/ Forms: α. Middle English uenial, veniale, Middle English–1600s veniall, Middle English– venial; Middle English venyal (Middle English -ale), Middle English–1500s venyall. β. Middle English veniele, Middle English veniel. Etymology: < Old French venial, veniel (modern French véniel, = Spanish venial, Portuguese venial, Italian veniale), or < Latin veniālis (rare), < venia forgiveness, indulgence, pardon. A. adj.¹ 1. Worthy or admitting of pardon, forgiveness, or remission; not grave or heinous; pardonable, light: a. Of sin; spec. in Theology as opposed to deadly or mortal. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > kinds of sin > [adjective] > venial lighteOE forȝivelichc1000 veniala1300 a1300 Cursor Mundi 27541 Bot þar-of es oþer sines smale, Þat clerkes clepes veniale. a1300 Cursor Mundi 27545 Man cals þam venial and light. c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2638 Þe saul þat es clensed wele Of al dedely syn and of veniele. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 287 In þis wise skippith venial in to dedly synne. c1400 26 Pol. Poems ix. 85 In venyale synne longe to byde, Makeþ dedly synnes to growe grete. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 60/2 To swere lyghtly without hurte or blame is venyal synne. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxx Whome no synne sholde defoule, neyther originall nor actuall, mortall ne venyall. 1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes i. f. v If he hath lightly offended in any venyall synne, he pardoneth him. 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 83 If I but tutch, to tutch 's a veniall sin, The pretty circle of thy dimpled chin. 1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) Pref. 33 That it is only a Venial Sin in any, to lessen the great authority of another. a1700 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1911) 9 360 She had rather have suffered a thousand deaths, then wittingly commite y^e least veniall sinne. 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed ix. 116 By what Rule shall a Person be able to make a Judgment whether his Sins be mortal or venial? 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft ii. 56 The crime of the person who..consulted the oracle of Apollo;—a capital offence in a Jew, but surely a venial sin in an ignorant and deluded pagan. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 408 Those who have only committed venial sins are first purified of them. b. Of crimes, offences, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adjective] > excusable > of offences, etc. pardonablea1500 veniala1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 9 So they doe nothing, tis a veniall slip. 1622 J. Taylor Sir Gregory Nonsence in Wks. (1630) 4/1 The man that seeketh straying minds to weane all, From veniall vices, or offences penall. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. Introd. Pref. sig. A8^v I hope it will be thought a Venial Crime, if in some of these Meditations I have not aim'd to express Eloquence, but only to cherish Piety. 1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires i. iv. 174 Thus, pure from more pernicious crimes I live: Some venial frailties you may well forgive. 1796 W. Marshall Rural Econ. W. Eng. II. 115 The practice of pruning off the side boughs of Hedgerow Elms is a venial crime. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 56 Our own laws not long ago punished forgery and even more venial crimes with death. 1876 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth xiv. 134 Laughter may be the right cure for venial follies. †c. Of an offender: Committing a venial sin or offence. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adjective] > excusable > of an offender pardonable1638 venial1796 1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. v. 225 The venial offender had been released with a gentle reprimand. 2. a. Of an error or fault: That may be excused or overlooked; of a light, unimportant, or trivial nature; excusable. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adjective] > excusable > of an error or fault venial1581 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 66 b Whereby we may gather, that if the fault in wordes be veniall, the fault in sentence and matter be mortall. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. ix. 243 In the prosecuting and managing thereof, many not onely veniall errours but unexcusable faults were committed. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 326 He thinks it a more venial fault to make a mistake at Second hand after others. 1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) 235 He, who would have been ashamed to participate in Fraud, or to yield to Corruption, may begin to think the Faults venial, when he sees Men, who were far below Him, rise above Him by Fraud and by Corruption. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 418 Witness at his foot, The spaniel dying, for some venial fault. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed Concl., in Tales Crusaders II. 334 This is a venial error compared to that of our ancestors. 1876 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth xxxvi. 362 If a boy has committed some..quite venial fault. b. In general use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial eathlyc890 lighteOE littleOE small?c1225 singlec1449 easy1474 triflous1509 naughty1526 slender1530 slight1548 shrimpish1549 slipper1567 truanta1572 toyous1581 trivious1583 mean1585 silly1587 nicea1594 puny?1594 puisne1598 pusill1599 whindling1601 sapless1602 non-significant1603 poor1603 unsignificant1603 flea-bite1605 perishing1605 lank1607 weightless1610 fonda1616 penny farthing1615 triviala1616 unweighty1621 transitory1637 twattling1651 inconsiderate1655 unserious1655 nugal1656 small drink1656 slighty1662 minute1668 paddling1679 snitling1682 retail1697 Lilliputian1726 vain1731 rattletrap1760 peppercornish1762 peppercorn1791 underling1804 venial1806 lightweight1809 floccinaucical1826 small-bore1833 minified1837 trantlum1838 piffling1848 tea-tabular1855 potty1860 whipping-snapping1861 tea-gardeny1862 quiddling1863 twaddling1863 fidgeting1865 penny ante1865 feather-weighted1870 jerkwater1877 midget1879 mimsy1880 shirttail1881 two-by-four1885 footle1894 skittery1905 footery1929 Mickey Mouse1931 chickenshit1934 minoritized1945 marginal1952 marginalized1961 tea-party1961 little league1962 marginalizing1977 minnowy1991 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adjective] > excusable excusablec1374 veniable1646 ignoscible1656 venial1806 1806 in L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson 304 (note) The account here given of Col. Hutchinson's motives..lays his conduct fairly open to the discussion..of the reader, who..will determine it for himself to be commendable, censurable, or venial. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 138 This was indeed a gross delusion, but, assuredly for young men at least, a very venial one too. 1850 W. Irving Mahomet (1853) xvi. 96 An act of plunder and revenge—a venial act in the eyes of the Arabs. 1880 R. G. White Every-day Eng. 79 Mere provincialism in pronunciation..is venial in comparison with slovenly speech. †3. Allowable, permissible; blameless. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that can be permitted sufferablea1395 admittable?1406 allowable1445 permissiblea1475 congeable1528 tolerable1531 lowable1538 grantable1548 permittable?1575 venial1597 lawful1600 admissible1611 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxi. 202 The Iewes..not doubting that bodily labours are made by necessitie veniall, though otherwise, especially on that day [i.e. the Sabbath], rest be more conuenient. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 5 Where God..With Man..familiar us'd To sit indulgent,..permitting him the while Venial discourse unblam'd. View more context for this quotation 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 219 With venial freedom let me now demand Thy name, thy lineage, and paternal land. B. n. A venial sin or offence; a light fault or error. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sinfulness > sinful deed > [noun] > venial venialc1380 escape1576 peccadillo1591 peccadill1610 peccadillie1660 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial > types of venialc1380 nutshalea1393 nutshella1400 flea-biting1553 flea-bite1577 nothing1577 epitomea1593 quilicoma1644 ephemera1751 pinprick1853 bibelot1873 piffle1884 peanut1910 popcorn1964 trivia1968 factoid1982 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > kinds of sin > [noun] > venial venialc1380 peccadilian1529 escape1576 peccadillo1591 peccadill1610 peccadillie1660 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed > an evil deed, fault, or offence > slight venialc1380 peccadilian1529 escape1576 peccadillo1591 peccadill1610 by-slip1612 peccadillie1660 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 452 Þouȝ þis be synne, ȝit it is venyal, and not dedly, and venyals ben waschen awey wiþ preieris of a Pater-noster. a1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) i. xxxiii Neuertheles yet shalt thou for this defawte & all other venyals whyche may not be eschewed in this wretchyd lyf lyft up thyn hert to god. c1425 St. Mary of Oignies i. vi, in Anglia VIII. 138/47 Þof she so eshewed fro smal [sins] and veniels. 1541 Schole House of Women sig. Diii^v And were not, two small venyalles [1572 venialles] The femynyne myght, be gloryfyde. 1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery iii. ix. 364 Howsoeuer our late papists flatter themselues in their venials. 1615 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. 824 It..gently blanches ouer the breaches of Gods Law with the name of venials and fauourable titles of diminution. 1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. iv. 15 I was careful not to commit any Mortal sin;..but of Venials I made no great account. 1969 J. D. Crichton in J. Fitzsimons Penance ii. 32 One thing that the present system inhibits, with..its neat parcels of ‘mortals’ and ‘venials’—the sin-grid, in fact—is the expression of the diffused feeling of sinfulness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). venialadj.² Brit. /ˈviːnɪəl/, U.S. /ˈviniəl/, /ˈvinjəl/ Forms: 1500s veniall, 1600s–1700s 2000s– venial. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: venal adj.¹ Etymology: Apparently an alteration (after arterial adj.) of venal adj.¹ Compare earlier venial adj.¹, and also earlier veinal adj. Now rare. Of the nature of a vein (vein n. 4a); of or relating to a vein or veins; = venous adj. 2a. Cf. venal adj.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > vein > [adjective] venial1574 venosal1621 veinous1634 venous1670 veinous1761 intravenous1849 1574 J. Jones Briefe Disc. Growing & Liuing Things sig. B.ii^v When the heart is opened, it receueth Aire by the veniall arterie. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 70 Galen seemeth rather willyng to call this veyne a certaine veniall passage or way. 1681 W. Salmon Iatrica i. iv. 209/2 I advised, the oppening of a Vein, by which not only the serous and wheyish Blood may be deminished, but all the Venial kind may be helped by an amicable refrigeration. 1745 Med. Ess. & Observ. Pract. Physic & Surg. I. 14 Then he made a strong Ligature on his Neck, that the venial Blood might be emitted with the greater Impetus. 2005 Computers in Biol. & Med. 35 313 The type of dialysis machine and the overall average arterial and venial pressures are recorded as well. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.¹n.a1300adj.²1574
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