venial

(vē'nē-əl, vēn'yəl)
adj.

1. Easily excused or forgiven; pardonable: a venial offense.
2. Roman Catholic Church. Minor, therefore warranting only temporal punishment.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin veniālis, from Latin venia, forgiveness.]

veniality ve'ni·al'i·ty (vē'nē-ăl'ĭ-tē, vēn-yăl'-) or ve'ni·al·ness (vē'nē-əl-nĭs, vēn'yəl-) n.
venially ve'ni·al·ly adv.

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adjective

Admitting of forgiveness or pardon: excusable, forgivable, pardonable. See forgiveness/vindictiveness.

adj

Definition: pardonable
Antonyms: mortal, unforgivable, unpardonable

IN BRIEF: Excusable.

Even though you should not do it, jay-walking is usually a venial offense.

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See words rhyming with "venial."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tilgivelig, ubetydelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
vergeeflijk, onsterfelijk

Français (French)
adj. - véniel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verzeihlich, entschuldbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (για πταίσμα) ελαφρός, συγχωρητέος, συγγνωστός

Italiano (Italian)
veniale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - venial

Русский (Russian)
простительный, мелкий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - venial, perdonable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förlåtlig, obetydlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
可原谅的, 轻微的, 可宽恕的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可原諒的, 輕微的, 可寬恕的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 용서될 만한, 사소한, 사면할 수 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 些細な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) يمكن اغتفاره, طفيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סליח, בר-מחילה‬

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