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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.