venial

"It's only venial, and it may get her down here before next week."

In fact, it's not the great but the venial sins that you think of with horror when you've read this book.

Even if your accusations are true, we can only consider it a venial sin at the most.

Sin, venial by reason of its object, may become mortal.

But in the broader context of this performance, it's a very venial sin.

It is recommended that confession of venial sins be made.

To his mind, the venial were the more numerous, but then, he had been a cynic for many years now.

At worst it is a venial offense, a small sin of pride.

It is not necessary to confess venial sins although they may be confessed.

Fortunately for most of those involved, blather is only a venial sin.

By and large, critics have regarded these faults as venial or nonexistent.

Both mortal and venial sins have a dual nature of punishment.

Blade was aware of this venial sin and fought against it, not always with success.

His sin was venial, but the consequences were mortal.

A venial sin involves a "partial loss of grace" from God.

In all this, one ought not to take venial sin lightly, especially when committed deliberately.

Of course, one must remain free from all sin, mortal and venial, while doing all these things.

A complicated mind, sensitive to any self-reproach, however venial the sin.

Smoking in segregated venues seems to be a venial offense by comparison.

A venial sin meets at least one of the following criteria:

The venial highlighting was quickly darkened and new notes were issued in 1956 although still dated 1954.

That they were venial was not what bothered him so much; it was the hypocrisy.

Does that count as lying about my education, or is it merely a venial sin of omission?

I hope so small a divergence may seem a venial error after so many centuries.

The seventh man counted many sins against his soul, mortal and venial alike.