venial
Example Sentences
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That’s an awfully venial sin, and I think you’ll have to deal with your outsize feelings of grief on your own.
From Slate • Jul. 12, 2016
His self-absorption is at worst a venial sin, and his book's failings should be charged to its editor.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2015
The word venial, as in venial sins, she says, comes from Venus.
From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2012
What we got was akin to looting an ATM: not just amusing, venial sins, but some nearly unforgivable mortal ones.
From Golf Digest • Aug. 3, 2010
Father Byrnes went on to discuss the difference between mortal and venial sins.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
