Word Meanings - VENIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

forgiveness, pardon, grace, favor, kindness; akin to venerari to 1. Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression. So they do nothing, 't is a venial slip. Shak. 2. Allowed; permitted.

Additional info about word: VENIAL

forgiveness, pardon, grace, favor, kindness; akin to venerari to 1. Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression. So they do nothing, 't is a venial slip. Shak. 2. Allowed; permitted. "Permitting him the while venial discourse unblamed." Milton. Venial sin , a sin which weakens, but does not wholly destroy, sanctifying grace, as do mortal, or deadly, sins. -- Ve"ni*al*ly, adv. -- Ve"ni*al*ness, n. Bp. Hall.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of VENIAL)

• Pardonable
• Venial
• excusable

Related words: (words related to VENIAL)

• VENIALITY
  The quality or state of being venial; venialness. Jer. Taylor.
• PARDONABLENESS
  The quality or state of being pardonable; as, the pardonableness of sin. Bp. Hall.
• EXCUSABLE
  That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action. -- Ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ex*cus"a*bly, adv. The excusableness of my dissatisfaction. Boyle.
• VENIAL
  forgiveness, pardon, grace, favor, kindness; akin to venerari to 1. Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression. So they do nothing, 't is a venial slip. Shak. 2. Allowed; permitted.
• PARDONABLE
  Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit.
• INEXCUSABLE
  Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, inexcusable folly. Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest; for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same
• UNEXCUSABLE
  Inexcusable. Hayward. -- Un`ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n.
• UNPARDONABLE
  Not admitting of pardon or forgiveness; inexcusable.
• IMPARDONABLE
  Unpardonable. South.
• INEXCUSABLENESS
  The quality of being inexcusable; enormity forgiveness. South.