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venial

adjective
Quick answer

As an adjective, venial means able to be forgiven.

Meanings of venial

5 meanings

adjective

  1. Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.

  2. Worthy of forgiveness because trifling (trivial).

    “His venial youthful indiscretions.”

  3. religionof a sinNot causing spiritual death.

  4. Warranting only temporal punishment

    “venial sin”

    Similar: minor

  5. Easily excused or forgiven

    “a venial error”

    Similar: excusable, forgivable

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: warranting only temporal punishment
minor
adjective: easily excused or forgiven
excusableforgivable

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