venial sin

English

Noun

venial sin (plural venial sins)

1. (Roman Catholicism, theology) A sin that is not a mortal sin; a sin that is not grave, or was not deliberate or was committed without a full understanding of the consequences.

   Coordinate terms: mortal sin, deadly sin

Translations

sin that is not a mortal sin

• Basque: bekatu arin
• Catalan: pecat venial m
• Czech: všední hřích m
• French: péché véniel m
• German: lässliche Sünde f, läßliche Sünde f (old spelling)
• Hungarian: bocsánatos bűn
• Indonesian: dosa ringan
• Irish: peaca solathach m
• Italian: peccato veniale m
• Korean: 소죄 (sojoe)
• Norwegian: veniell synd
• Russian: простительный грех m (prostitelʹnyj grex)
• Scottish Gaelic: peacadh-sola m
• Spanish: pecado venial m
• Welsh: pechod maddeuol m