venial sin
a transgression against the law of God that does not deprive the soul of divine grace either because it is a minor offense or because it was committed without full understanding of its seriousness or without full consent of the will.
Origin of venial sin
1- Compare mortal sin.
Words Nearby venial sin
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How to use venial sin in a sentence
The SEC charging Goldman with securities fraud is like the Vatican charging a priest with venial sin.
That is true, the Church teaches, even of unrepented156 venial sin with its debt of temporal punishment.
Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" | John T. SlatteryThe first is a venial sin, and easily forgiven—the second nearly unpardonable.
Frank Fairlegh | Frank E. SmedleyWhat is a venial sin against nature, what a mortal sin against nature?
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6) | Havelock EllisIt is at most an evil thought, a venial sin, which does not endanger the loss of body or of soul.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 4 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
O quiet paths of algebra, you are my excuse for this venial sin!
The Life of the Fly | J. Henri Fabre
British Dictionary definitions for venial sin
Christianity a sin regarded as involving only a partial loss of grace: Compare mortal sin
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