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Venial

Venial meaning

Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness. | Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness. | Worthy of forgiveness because trifling (trivial).

Synonyms of Venial

pardonable minor excusable forgivable

Example sentences (3)

Those who have venial sins go to the second floor called “purgatory” and the damned are herded to “hell” in the fiery basement, where their lot is eternal punishment.

Ciappelletto proceeds to tell the friar lies about his life that make him seem very pure, while pretending to cringe over venial sins.

Unlike other Christian groups, the Catholic Church teaches that those who die in a state of grace, but still carry venial sin go to a place called Purgatory where they undergo purification to enter Heaven.