venial sin
Example Sentences
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In baseball, bunting to break up a perfect game is a mortal and not a venial sin.
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2020
A: I think the snooping for the box after having seen the email is completely understandable, or at the very least a venial sin.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2018
That’s an awfully venial sin, and I think you’ll have to deal with your outsize feelings of grief on your own.
From Slate • Jul. 12, 2016
His self-absorption is at worst a venial sin, and his book's failings should be charged to its editor.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2015
A venial sin is one which, because of the unimportance of the precept involved, or in consequence of incomplete consent, does not destroy the state of grace.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
