venial in the PONS Dictionary

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It was a venial period of delay for an inordinate liability.
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Venial sins require some kind of penance.
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Can we not treat the infraction as a mere venial sin?
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A venial sin can be left unconfessed so long as there is some purpose of amendment.
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A more developed concept of sin deals with a distinction between sins of death (mortal sin) and the sins of human living (venial sin).
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As the criminal law is often being broken on a prima facie basis, the offending has to be venial or pardonable under common law.
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Both mortal and venial sins have a dual nature of punishment.
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However, if this purification is not achieved in life, venial sins can still be purified after death.
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This would prevent venial men being appointed to vital church positions because it benefited political rulers.
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Venial sins are sins which do not meet the conditions for mortal sins.
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