Venial Sin

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a Roman Catholic term for a pardonable sin regarded as entailing only a partial loss of grace; literally "forgivable" sin; this is as opposed to a mortal sin, which is unforgivable

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plural: Venial Sins
possessive: Venial Sin's
pluralpossessive: Venial Sins'

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