veniality

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ve·ni·al

V0053800 (vē′nē-əl, vēn′yəl)adj.1. Easily excused or forgiven; pardonable: a venial offense.2. Roman Catholic Church Minor, therefore warranting only temporal punishment.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin veniālis, from Latin venia, forgiveness; see wen- in Indo-European roots.]
ve′ni·al′i·ty (vē′nē-ăl′ĭ-tē, vēn-yăl′-), ve′ni·al·ness (vē′nē-əl-nĭs, vēn′yəl-) n.ve′ni·al·ly adv.
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