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Meanings of venial in English
Synonyms
Examples for "minor"
Examples for "minor"
1
The victim suffered minor injuries, New York Police Sergeant John Buthorn said.
2
That said; there's a propensity to underestimate a temporary or minor problem.
3
However, they may also point to minor myocardial injury in other circumstances.
4
They thought it was important enough to override minor political constraints-theirwords.
5
However, it said it expects eventual losses to production to be minor.
1
Honesty-itwould either make her actions excusable or condemn her beyond recall.
2
Selfishness in a conjuncture of this sort was excusable, and even obligatory.
3
The less excusable is our wrath, the more serious is our delinquency.
4
Most of the remainder may, upon the whole, be classed as excusable.
5
It is Christmas night, my love, and the poor fellow is excusable.
1
Being reduced to 13 men is forgivable if you win the match.
2
But the mess was forgivable, if only the mutt would show up.
3
And mediocre sound quality can be forgivable in this case, too.
4
Losing to the infernally hot AZ, however, is forgivable for any Dutch side.
5
This first book is forgivable only if the future chronicles find their voice.
Usage of venial in English
1
Objection 1: It would seem that a mortal sin can become venial.
2
The first would be only a venial sin, but the latter mortal.
3
Therefore they do not suffice for the full remission of venial sins.
4
Now a venial sin does not pertain to the love of God.
5
Jean de Nantes, for a more venial offence, was kept in irons.
6
Therefore besides the seven sacraments, there should be another against venial sin.
7
And these terribly severe measures were sometimes directed against very venial offences.
8
But they charged them also with positive offences of no venial kind.
9
Why does venial sin lessen the love of God in our hearts?
10
Therefore a venial sin can be taken away without a mortal sin.
11
Much more, therefore, can it make a venial sin to be mortal.
12
Therefore drunkenness, which is caused by immoderate drink, is a venial sin.
13
Why is it well to confess also the venial sins we remember?
14
Therefore, venial sins are not suitably designated as wood, hay, and stubble.
15
I knew it was wrong, but I thought gambling was a venial sin.
16
Therefore there can be no venial sin in the higher reason as such.
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Venial across language varieties
United Kingdom
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