- venial error
- error than can be forgiven
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
venial error
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venial — veniality, venialness, n. venially, adv. /vee nee euhl, veen yeuhl/, adj. 1. able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal). 2. excusable; trifling; minor: a venial error; a venial offense. [1250 1300; ME < ML… … Universalium
venial — ve•ni•al [[t]ˈvi ni əl, ˈvin yəl[/t]] adj. 1) rel able to be forgiven or pardoned: venial offenses[/ex] 2) excusable; trifling; minor: a venial error[/ex] • Etymology: 1250–1300; < ML veniālis < L veni(a) grace, favor, indulgence (akin to… … From formal English to slang
venial — venial, pardonable are applied to faults, sins, or errors and mean of such a character as not to warrant punishment or the imposition of a penalty. Venial in most use implies an opposition to grave, serious, or grievous {he had learned to see… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
venial — [vēn′yəl, vē′nē əl] adj. [OFr < LL(Ec) venialis, pardonable, orig., gracious < L venia, a grace, favor, akin to venus, love: see VENUS] 1. that may be forgiven; pardonable 2. that may be excused or overlooked; excusable: said as of an error … English World dictionary
error — Synonyms and related words: ALGOL, Albigensianism, Arianism, COBOL, Catharism, Ebionitism, Erastianism, FORTRAN, Gnosticism, Jovinianism, Lollardy, Manichaeanism, Manichaeism, Monophysism, Monophysitism, Pelagianism, Waldensianism, Wyclifism,… … Moby Thesaurus
error — n 1. mistake, inaccuracy, Sports. miscue; misprint, corrigendum; fault, flaw, human error; oversight, omission; blunder, botch, bungle, flub, muff; leak, slip, slip of the tongue or pen, Inf. slip up; All Sl. pratfall, fool mistake, dumb trick,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
venial — /ˈviniəl / (say veeneeuhl) adjective 1. that may be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal). 2. excusable, as an error or slip. {Middle English, from Latin veniālis, from venia pardon} –veniality /viniˈæləti/ (say… …
excusable — adjective 1. capable of being overlooked • Ant: ↑inexcusable • Similar to: ↑justifiable 2. easily excused or forgiven a venial error • Syn: ↑forgivable, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
forgivable — adjective easily excused or forgiven a venial error • Syn: ↑excusable, ↑venial • Similar to: ↑pardonable … Useful english dictionary
Philip Henry Pye-Smith — Infobox Scientist name = Philip Henry Pye Smith box width = image width =150px caption = Philip Henry Pye Smith birth date = 30 August 1839 birth place = London death date = 23 May 1914 death place = London residence = citizenship = nationality … Wikipedia
