Definition of Venial

Ve´ni`al
a.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.
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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