- 1. a. Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression. Source: opted
- 2. a. Allowed; permitted. Source: opted
- 3. adj. warranting only temporal punishment Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. easily excused or forgiven Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression. So they do nothing, 't is a venial slip. Shak. 2. Allowed; permitted. [Obs.] "Permitting him the while venial discourse unblamed." Milton. Venial sin (R. C. Theol.), a sin which weakens, but does not wholly destroy, sanctifying grace, as do mortal, or deadly, sins. -- Ve"ni*al*ly, adv. -- Ve"ni*al*ness, n. Bp. Hall. Source: webster
- 6. j:100 s warranting only temporal punishment s easily excused or forgiven Source: ecdict
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