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venial a. 可原諒的,可寬恕的,輕微的 可原諒的,可寬恕的,輕微的 venial adj 1: warranting only temporal punishment; " venial sin" [ synonym: { minor}, { venial}] 2: easily excused or forgiven; " a venial error" [ synonym: { excusable}, { forgivable}, { venial}] Venial \ Ve" ni* al\, a. [ OF. venial, F. v[' e] niel, L. venialis, from venia forgiveness, pardon, grace, favor, kindness; akin to venerari to venerate. See { Venerate}.] 1. Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression. [ 1913 Webster] So they do nothing, ' t is a venial slip. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Allowed; permitted. [ Obs.] " Permitting him the while venial discourse unblamed." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] { Venial sin} ( R. C. Theol.), a sin which weakens, but does not wholly destroy, sanctifying grace, as do mortal, or deadly, sins. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Ve" ni* al* ly}, adv. -- { Ve" ni* al* ness}, n. -- Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster] 27 Moby Thesaurus words for " venial": admissible, allowable, condonable, defensible, dispensable, excusable, exemptible, expiable, forgivable, harmless, inoffensive, insignificant, justifiable, legitimate, minor, pardonable, petty, reasonable, remissible, tolerable, tolerated, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unobjectionable, vindicable, warrantable
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