venial sin

1. 1.

   a pardonable sin regarded as entailing only a partial loss of grace

   Antonymsmortal sin

   Broadersin

Questions about venial sin

What does venial sin mean?

venial sin means "a pardonable sin regarded as entailing only a partial loss of grace".

What is the opposite of venial sin?

The recorded antonyms are mortal sin.

Is venial sin a common word?

venial sin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.