venial

adjective
UK: /ˈviːniəl/
US: /ˈviːniəl/

  1. A venial sin or fault is not very bad or serious.

    1. Lying is venial if you do not hurt someone.
    2. He considers gossiping a venial offense, easily forgiven due to its minor impact.

Synonyms

slight allowable trivial tolerable pardonable defensible permissible remissible minor

Frequently Asked Questions

The phonetic transcription of "venial" is /ˈviːniəl/ in British English and /ˈviːniəl/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "venial": slight, allowable, trivial, tolerable, pardonable, defensible, permissible, remissible, minor.

Example usage of "venial": "Lying is venial if you do not hurt someone.". More examples on the page.