Crossword clues for venial
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Venial \Ve"ni*al\, a. [OF. venial, F. v['e]niel, L. venialis, from venia forgiveness, pardon, grace, favor, kindness; akin to venerari to venerate. See Venerate.]
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Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression.
So they do nothing, 't is a venial slip.
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Allowed; permitted. [Obs.] ``Permitting him the while venial discourse unblamed.''
--Milton.Venial sin (R. C. Theol.), a sin which weakens, but does not wholly destroy, sanctifying grace, as do mortal, or deadly, sins. [1913 Webster] -- Ve"ni*al*ly, adv. -- Ve"ni*al*ness, n.
--Bp. Hall.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, "pardonable," from Old French venial "pardonable, excusable" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin venialis "pardonable," from Latin venia "forgiveness, indulgence, pardon," related to venus "sexual love, desire" (see Venus). Related: Venially.
Wiktionary
a. 1 pardonable; able to be forgiven 2 excusable; trifling
WordNet
adj. warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin" [syn: minor]
easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error" [syn: excusable, forgivable]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "venial".
Venial offenses, in the passage quoted, denote the irregularities or uncleannesses which men contracted in accordance with the Law.
A man does not, however, incur ingratitude by committing a venial sin, because by sinning venially man does not act against God, but apart from Him, wherefore venial sins nowise cause the return of sins already forgiven.
Objection 1: It would seem that penance is unfittingly divided into penance before Baptism, penance for mortal, and penance for venial sins.
Whether Penance Is Fittingly Divided into Penance Before Baptism, Penance for Mortal Sins, and Penance for Venial Sins?
Like the Phidian Zeus his proportions are all the more majestic for the distance which rounds over any venial defect.
Penance regards venial sins, properly speaking indeed, in so far as they are committed of our own will, but this was not the chief purpose of its institution.
All these things, so far as they are concerned, conduce to the remission of all venial sins: but the remission may be hindered as regards certain venial sins, to which the mind is still actually attached, even as insincerity sometimes impedes the effect of Baptism.
By the above things, venial sins are indeed taken away as regards the guilt, both because those things are a kind of satisfaction, and through the virtue of charity whose movement is aroused by such things.
Therefore besides the seven sacraments, there should be another against venial sin.
Wherefore, since grace is infused in each of the sacraments of the New Law, none of them was instituted directly against venial sin.
Eucharist, Extreme Unction, and by all the sacraments of the New Law without exception, wherein grace is conferred, venial sins are remitted.
Therefore, since contrary is taken away by its contrary, it seems that venial sins are not forgiven by this sacrament.
Further, if venial sins be forgiven by this sacrament, then all of them are forgiven for the same reason as one is.
Consequently, it is manifest that venial sins are forgiven by the power of this sacrament.
The power of charity, to which this sacrament belongs, is greater than that of venial sins: because charity by its act takes away venial sins, which nevertheless cannot entirely hinder the act of charity.