Meanings
nounvenial sin (plural venial sins)
plural venial sins
- CatholicismA 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna pardonable sin regarded as entailing only a partial loss of grace
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Basque bekatu arin
- bekatu arinsin that is not a mortal sin
Catalan pecat venial
- pecat venialsin that is not a mortal sin
Czech všední hřích
- všední hříchsin that is not a mortal sin
French péché véniel
- péché vénielsin that is not a mortal sin
German lässliche Sünde, läßliche Sünde
- lässliche Sündesin that is not a mortal sin
- läßliche Sündesin that is not a mortal sin
Hungarian bocsánatos bűn
- bocsánatos bűnsin that is not a mortal sin
Indonesian dosa ringan
- dosa ringansin that is not a mortal sin
Irish peaca solathach
- peaca solathachsin that is not a mortal sin
Italian peccato veniale
- peccato venialesin that is not a mortal sin
Korean 소죄
- 소죄 (sojoe)sin that is not a mortal sin
Norwegian veniell synd
- veniell syndsin that is not a mortal sin
Polish grzech lekki, grzech powszedni
- grzech lekkisin that is not a mortal sin
- grzech powszednisin that is not a mortal sin
Russian простительный грех
- простительный грех (prostitelʹnyj grex)sin that is not a mortal sin
Scottish Gaelic peacadh-sola
- peacadh-solasin that is not a mortal sin
Spanish pecado venial
- pecado venialsin that is not a mortal sin
Swedish förlåtlig synd
- förlåtlig syndsin that is not a mortal sin
Welsh pechod maddeuol
- pechod maddeuolsin that is not a mortal sin
Cite this entry
APA
venial sin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venial%20sin
MLA
“venial sin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venial%20sin. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “venial sin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venial%20sin.
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