venial

/vˈiːnɪəl/

[adjective]

venial

[ADJECTIVE]

not grave and thus capable of being pardoned or overlooked

synonyms : excusable

forgivable

warranting only temporal punishment

synonyms : minor

Examples

1. For the prophets, the national catastrophes are just punishment for sin, but not just the sin of idolatry, for all sins no matter how petty, now matter how venial, because all sins violate the terms of the covenant code, which is given specially to Israel.

2. That, to me, is the single most distressing dynamic that an increasing fraction of our global population seems to view it as acceptable to treat your citizens as so unreliable, that it is a virtue not a venial sin to lie to your constituents for their own protection.