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VENIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Easily excused or forgiven
Example:
a venial error
Synonyms:
excusable; forgivable; venial
Classified under:
Similar:
pardonable (admitting of being pardoned)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Warranting only temporal punishment
Example:
venial sin
Synonyms:
minor; venial
Classified under:
Similar:
pardonable (admitting of being pardoned)
Domain category:
divinity; theology (the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth)
