Meaning & use
venially
In a manner that is easily excused or forgiven, describing a minor fault rather than a serious wrong.
See it in a sentence
The judge treated the small filing error venially rather than as a serious violation.
The teacher venially excused the student's first late homework of the semester.
A note on using this word
Venially relates to venial, most familiar from the Catholic distinction between venial sins and more serious mortal sins.
Words with a similar meaning
excusably
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