"venial" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈviːni.əl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-venial.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more venial [comparative], most venial [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French venial, borrowed from Late Latin veniālem (“pardonable”), from Latin venia (“forgiveness”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|venial}} Old French venial, {{der|en|LL.|venialis|veniālem|t=pardonable}} Late Latin veniālem (“pardonable”), {{der|en|la|venia||forgiveness}} Latin venia (“forgiveness”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} venial (comparative more venial, superlative most venial)
  1. Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness. Synonyms: pardonable, excusable, forgivable
    Sense id: en-venial-en-adj-DpJKpvuu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 34 32
  2. Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.
    (often, especially) Worthy of forgiveness because trifling (trivial).
    Tags: especially, often Synonyms: pardonable, excusable, forgivable Translations (excusable; trifling): дребен (dreben) (Bulgarian), megbocsátható (Hungarian), elnézhető (Hungarian), perdoável (Portuguese), venial (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-venial-en-adj-JIBtP78y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of 'excusable; trifling': 30 68 2
  3. (religion, of a sin) Not causing spiritual death. Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-venial-en-adj-0LrTMvX4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 34 32 Topics: lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: venial sin Translations (pardonable; able to be forgiven): ներելի (nereli) (Armenian), простим (prostim) (Bulgarian), véniel (French), საპატიებელი (saṗaṭiebeli) (Georgian), შესაწყნარებელი (šesac̣q̇narebeli) (Georgian), მისატევებელი (misaṭevebeli) (Georgian), lässlich (German), läßlich (note: old spelling) (German), bocsánatos (Hungarian), fyrirgefanlegur [masculine] (Icelandic), afsakanlegur [masculine] (Icelandic), veniale (Italian), so-phardooney (Manx), lekki (english: sin) (Polish), perdoável (Portuguese), venial (Portuguese), venial (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'pardonable; able to be forgiven': 49 49 2

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