Similarly, simple venial mistakes or lapses in professionalism may be distinguished from those egregiously unprofessional behaviors that warrant serious remediation or dismissal.
By contrast to these venial excesses, the number of striking omissions is small.
The edition is not without its share of venial editorial slips.
His only offence and a 'very venial' one, was infringing territorial waters, for which he would suffer by confiscation if caught.
Nor does his capacity indicate anything more than venial thoughtlessness.
On the other hand, it might be that the first refusal was very trivial and venial and might be met by a penalty of £2 or £3.
The most serious crimes are punished by hard labour, and the more venial crimes by imprisonment in the second division.
In all the circumstances, in all the baffling and perplexing uncertainties of these years, this may seem to historians a venial fault.
