venial
venial is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Allowed; permitted. [Obs.] "Permitting him the while venial discourse unblamed." Milton. Venial sin (R. C. Theol.), 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- above
- acquit
- against
- artless
- babe
- blameless
- bloodless
- clean
- clear
- conscience
- culpa
- curia
- dove
- exculpate
- faultless
- guiltless
- guilty
- harmless
- immaculate
- impeccability
- incorruption
- inculpable
- inerrable
- innocence
- innocent
- innocently
- innocuous
- innoxious
- inoffensive
- irreprehensible
- irreproachable
- irreprovable
- lamb
- more
- nil
- not
- pure
- rectus
- safe
- salvable
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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