venial sin

English

Noun

venial sin (plural venial sins)

  1. (Roman Catholicism, theology) A sin that is not a mortal sin; a sin that is not grave, and/or was not deliberate and/or was committed without a full understanding of the consequences.
    Coordinate terms: mortal sin, deadly sin

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