Translations for „venial“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

venial [ˈvi:nɪəl] ADJ form

venial

прости́тельный

venial error

незначи́тельный

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English

Eco's confessions remain of the amusing variety, far more venial than mortal.

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The penance was always the same mortal or venial didn't matter.

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Young never publicly acknowledged the fact while she was alive, which she said would be admitting to a 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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Venial sins require some kind of penance.

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So let's stick to capital crimes and mortal sins, not just venial sins and misdemeanours.

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Venial sins are sins which do not meet the conditions for mortal sins.

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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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But, if though bad, it is made venial, then it is allowed to prevent something which would be worse than bad...

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In all this, one ought not to take venial sin lightly, especially when committed deliberately.

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