Usually means: Minor; easily forgivable; not grave.
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  1. venial: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. venial: Merriam-Webster
  3. venial: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. venial: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. venial: Collins English Dictionary
  6. venial: Vocabulary.com
  7. Venial, venial: Wordnik
  8. venial: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. venial: Wiktionary
  10. venial: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. venial: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. venial: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. venial: Dictionary.com
  14. venial: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Venial: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. venial: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. venial: Rhymezone
  18. Venial: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. venial: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. venial: FreeDictionary.org
  21. venial: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. venial: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. venial: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. venial: Encyclopedia

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  1. venial: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. venial: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.
adjective:  (often, especially) Worthy of forgiveness because trifling (trivial).
adjective:  (religion, of a sin) Not causing spiritual death.

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