| Venial 1. (a.) Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression. 2. (a.) Allowed; permitted. Thesaurus Entries admissible, allowable, condonable, defensible, dispensable, excusable, exemptible, expiable, forgivable, harmless, inoffensive, insignificant, justifiable, legitimate, minor, pardonable, petty, reasonable, remissible, tolerable, tolerated, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unobjectionable, vindicable, warrantable |