Definition of VENIAL

venial

Adjective Satellite

  • warranting only temporal punishment
    • "venial sin"
  • easily excused or forgiven
    • "a venial error"

Adj

  • Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.
  • Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.
  • Worthy of forgiveness because trifling (trivial).
  • Not causing spiritual death.

Adjective

  • Easily excused or forgiven; not seriously wrong.

Examples

  • A slight miscalculation in points was a VENIAL error, unlike a challenged non-word.
  • His venial youthful indiscretions.

Origin / Etymology

From Old French venial, borrowed from Late Latin veniālem (“pardonable”), from Latin venia (“forgiveness”).

Scrabble Score: 9

venial: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
venial: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
venial: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

venial: valid Words With Friends Word