Associations to the word «Venial»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
VENIAL, adjective. Pardonable; able to be forgiven.
VENIAL, adjective. Excusable; trifling
VENIAL SIN, noun. (Roman Catholic theology) A sin that is not a mortal sin; a sin that is not grave, or was not deliberate or was committed without a full understanding of the consequences.
VENIAL SINS, noun. Plural of venial sin
Dictionary definition
VENIAL, adjective. Warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin".
VENIAL, adjective. Easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.