venial

Meaning

1. Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.
2. (especially, often) Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.
3. Not causing spiritual death.

Opposite of

unvenial, unforgivable, mortal

Synonyms

excusable

forgivable

pardonable

minor

small

footling

humble

immaterial

inconsequential

inconsiderable

insignificant

lenient

light

lightweight

little

low

low-level

lowly

marginal

menial

mortal sin

negligible

nickel-and-dime

paltry

petty

remissible

remote

scanty

scarce

slender

slight

small-time

subtle

trifling

trivial

unimportant

unimposing

unimpressive

uninfluential

vindicatory

absolvable

not serious

base

baseborn

borderline

faint

Translations

perdoável

verzeihlich

pardonnable

venial

excusable

läßlich

venial

véniel

scusabile

perdonabile

entschuldbar

veniale

condonabile

lässlich

venial

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈviːni.əl/

Etymology

From Old French venial, borrowed from Late Latin veniālem (“pardonable”), from Latin venia (“forgiveness”).