venial

Meaning of venial

adjective
  1. denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace.
    we cannot prevent ourselves sometimes from dreaming of performing venial if not mortal sins
    everything I've disclosed up to now can be seen as venial

Middle English: via Old French from late Latin venialis, from venia ‘forgiveness’.

Information about venial

Hyphenation of venial

ve-nial

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • venial is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

venial synonyms

Meaning minor:

minor

Meaning excusable:

excusable, forgivable

Translation of venial

Anagrams of venial

alevin, alvine, Avelin, Elvina, Lavine, Levina, neavil, valine, veinal, vineal

Words that rhyme with venial

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