venial

venial is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression.
2. adjective. Allowed; permitted.
3. adjective. easily excused or forgiven

   "a venial error"

   Synonyms: excusable, forgivable

4. adjective. warranting only temporal punishment

   "venial sin"

   Synonyms: minor

Synonyms

excusable, forgivable, minor

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in venial:

alevin, alvine, neavil, valine, veinal, vineal

Common word forms

venially, veniality, venialness

Words from these letters

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