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View synonyms for venial sin

venial sin

noun

, Roman Catholic Church.
  1. 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.


venial sin

noun

  1. Christianity a sin regarded as involving only a partial loss of grace Compare mortal sin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of venial sin1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Example Sentences

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.

The first is a venial sin, and easily forgiven—the second nearly unpardonable.

What is a venial sin against nature, what a mortal sin against nature?

It is at most an evil thought, a venial sin, which does not endanger the loss of body or of soul.

O quiet paths of algebra, you are my excuse for this venial sin!

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