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Venial adj.

Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression. "So they do nothing, 't is a venial slip."

Allowed; permitted. (Obs.) "Permitting him the while venial discourse unblamed."

Venial sin (R. C. Theol.), a sin which weakens, but does not wholly destroy, sanctifying grace, as do mortal, or deadly, sins.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... from precise correctness, the most venial trippings, the smallest inattention paid to doubtful rules and equivocal positions of criticism, inflames their anger, and calls forth their invectives. Regardless of the sage maxims of Cicero, Quintilian, and Horace, they not only disdain the sober rules which their ancient brethren ...

— Bibliomania; or Book-Madness - A Bibliographical Romance • Thomas Frognall Dibdin

... these sentences showed a commendable moderation. It was thought necessary that a few examples should be made, as Lord Durham's amnesty of the previous year had evidently encouraged some {127} habitants to believe that rebellion was a venial offence. And the execution of twelve men, out of the thousands who had taken part in the revolt, cannot be said to have shown a bloodthirsty disposition on the ...

— The 'Patriotes' of '37 - A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion • Alfred D. Decelles

... venial fault of my uncle's came to be pretty well understood in time, and an unfair advantage was taken of it; the students laid wait for him in dangerous places, and when he began to stumble, loud was the laughter, which is not in good taste, not even in Germans. ...

— A Journey to the Interior of the Earth • Jules Verne

... laws, with its penalty of whipping and death for what are held now to be venial offenses, gives it a high place among the Black Codes. ...

— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner

... not so nice, the sin is venial, Considering you yield for charity; And by your fall the ...

— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VIII (4th edition) • Various

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