venially

In excusable fashion

In a manner that is easily excused or forgiven.

The word comes from Catholic theology, where venial sins are minor offenses that don't damn the soul—unlike mortal sins.

Outside religious contexts, venially describes faults that are pardonable or slight: He sinned venially by exaggerating his credentials.

theological

pardonably

In forgivable manner

catechism · sacrament · absolution · contrition · remission · Catholic · confession · indulgence · atonement · spiritual

moral

forgivably

In an excusable manner

tolerably · minor offense · human weakness · leniently · mildly · trivially · insignificantly · harmlessly · innocuously · blameless

Opposites
severity of sin/transgression

veniallymortally

Causing or resulting in death

deadly · grievously · gravely · heinously · egregiously

moral excusability

veniallyunpardonably

Beyond any forgiveness

inexcusably · unforgivably · irreparably · wickedly · maliciously

Phrases
Family

venial, veniality

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