venial• The list of sins, venial and otherwise, was long, but not so long as to come as a surprise.• He had compounded a number of venialfailings with the mortalsin of adultery.• So my secret can be hidden behind the sleight of a venialfib after all.
Originvenial
(1200-1300)Old FrenchLate Latinvenialis, from Latinvenia“act of forgiving”