Complete Definition of "venial"

English

Etymology
From the Old French venial, from Latin venialis "pardonable"

Adjective
venial

  1. pardonable; able to be forgiven

#: a venial sin

  1. excusable; trifling

#: his venial youthful indiscretions

Antonyms
mortal (1)

Translations
trans-top|pardonable; able to be forgiven
Hungarian: bocsánatos
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trans-top|excusable; trifling
Hungarian: megbocsátható, elnézhet�
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trans-top|Translations to be categorized
Portuguese: perdoável, venial#Portuguese|venial
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