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venial
venialpardonable; trifling; not seriously wrong: His outburst in class was only a venial offense.
Not to be confused with:venal – open to bribery; mercenary; corruptible: a venal administration prone to greed and deceptionve·ni·al V0053800 (vē′nē-əl, vēn′yəl)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 veniālis, from Latin venia, forgiveness; see wen- in Indo-European roots.]
ve′ni·al′i·ty (vē′nē-ăl′ĭ-tē, vēn-yăl′-), ve′ni·al·ness (vē′nē-əl-nĭs, vēn′yəl-) n.ve′ni·al·ly adv.venial (ˈviːnɪəl) adjeasily excused or forgiven: a venial error. [C13: via Old French from Late Latin veniālis, from Latin venia forgiveness; related to Latin venus love] veniality, venialness n ˈvenially advve•ni•al (ˈvi ni əl, ˈvin yəl)
adj. 1. able to be forgiven or pardoned: venial offenses. 2. excusable; trifling; minor: a venial error. [1250–1300; < Medieval Latin veniālis < Latin veni(a) grace, favor, indulgence (akin to venus; see venerate, Venus)] ve`ni•al′i•ty, n. ve′ni•al•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | venial - warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin"minortheology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truthpardonable - admitting of being pardoned | | 2. | venial - easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error"forgivable, excusablepardonable - admitting of being pardoned |
venialadjective forgivable, minor, slight, trivial, insignificant, allowable, excusable, pardonable If he had faults, they were venial ones.venialadjectiveAdmitting of forgiveness or pardon:excusable, forgivable, pardonable.Translationsvenial
Synonyms for venialadj forgivableSynonyms- forgivable
- minor
- slight
- trivial
- insignificant
- allowable
- excusable
- pardonable
Synonyms for venialadj admitting of forgiveness or pardonSynonyms- excusable
- forgivable
- pardonable
Synonyms for venialadj warranting only temporal punishmentSynonymsRelated Words- theology
- divinity
- pardonable
adj easily excused or forgivenSynonymsRelated Words |