venial

It's just a venial sin, not a mortal one.

But it seems harsh to make a venial sin into a mortal sin from this.

Where does a venial sin stop and a serious sin begin?

Their evil is venial compared to merchants of death.

Well not knowing what venial means is venial after all.

Some possible contexts are a lot more venial than others.

I remember him saying, "St. Augustine claimed that the children represent our venial sins and we must show no mercy in dashing them to bits.

Still, this is a venial flaw, because capacity for abstraction is such a big part of being a smart programmer.

Our legal system very much distinguishes between venial and mortal sins.

Triggering a flamewar with an unintended turn of phrase—is venial.

The venial sin isn't the problem, you're attempting to deceive God through manipulation.

I do not understand the UK's constant need for racism and exclusion, what a nasty, venial nation it has become.

They might even rationalize it's only a venial sin to bend things a bit, since fusion is so obviously a good thing to work on, right?

You might commit a venial sin and trust that a life of piety will outweigh it, but panopticon judges you on arbitrary moments.

Resorting to discrete novice / expert modes is a venial sin in UI design, but "personalized menus" is a mortal one.