venial sin

English Thesaurus

1. a pardonable sin regarded as entailing only a partial loss of grace (noun.act)

hypernym	:	sin, sinning,
definition	:	an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will (noun.act)

antonym	:	deadly sin, mortal sin,
definition	:	an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace (noun.act)

antonym	:	deadly sin, mortal sin,
definition	:	an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace (noun.act)