HyperDic: venial

English > 2 senses of the word venial:
ADJECTIVEallvenial, minorwarranting only temporal punishment
allvenial, excusable, forgivableeasily excused or forgiven
English > venial: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaningwarranting only temporal punishment.
Example"venial sin"
Synonymminor
Categorytheology, divinityThe rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
BroaderpardonableAdmitting of being pardoned
Spanishmenor, venial
Catalanmenor, venial
English > venial: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaningeasily excused or forgiven.
Example"a venial error"
Synonymsexcusable, forgivable
BroaderpardonableAdmitting of being pardoned
Spanishexcusable, venial
Catalanvenial

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