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venial

/ˈviːni.əl/

venial adjective: able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.

Adjective

venial (comparative more venial, superlative most venial)

  1. Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.
    • He did not say that he should favour such an attempt; But he did say that such an attempt would be venial.1826, [Mary Shelley], The Last Man. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC
    1. (especially, often) Worthy of forgiveness because trifling (trivial).
      • His venial youthful indiscretions.
  2. Not causing spiritual death.
    Antonyms:
    mortal

venial meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

venial in Tamil

மன்னிக்கத்தக்க, பொறுக்கக்கூடிய, கடும் பிழையாயிராத, பாழ்நிலைப்படாத

venial in Urdu

معمولی, قابل معافی

venial in Malayalam

pardonable, forgivable, excusable
ക്ഷന്തവ്യ, ക്ഷമിക്കാവുന്ന, പൊറുക്കാവുന്ന, മാപ്പുകൊടുക്കാവുന്ന, ക്ഷമിക്കത്തക്ക, ചള്ള്

venial in Kannada

ತಪ್ಪು ಮರೆಯಬಲ್ಲ, ತಪ್ಪು ಕಡೆಗಣಿಸಬಲ್ಲ, ಕ್ಷಮ್ಯ, ಅಲ್ಪ, ಉಪೇಕ್ಷ್ಯ, ಮನ್ನಿಸಬಹುದಾದ

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Forms of venial

comparativemore venial
superlativemost venial

Origin of venial

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

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Phrases with venial

Questions about venial

What does venial mean?
Venial means able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.
What is venial in Tamil?
Venial in Tamil is மன்னிக்கத்தக்க, பொறுக்கக்கூடிய, கடும் பிழையாயிராத. See Venial meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is venial?
Venial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce venial?
Venial is pronounced /ˈviːni.əl/.

Words near venial in the dictionary

  1. Venhuizen
  2. Venhuizens
  3. veni, vidi, vici
  4. veni-
  5. veniable
  6. venial
  7. venial sin
  8. venial sins
  9. venialities
  10. veniality
  11. venially

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Adapted from Wiktionary: venial (page history and authors); venial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); venial (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); venial (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); venial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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