【法】 微罪, 轻罪

[ noun ]
a pardonable sin regarded as entailing only a partial loss of grace
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Sin \Sin\, n. [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS.
sundia, OHG. sunta, G. s["u]nde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L.
sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of
the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is.
Cf. {Authentic}, {Sooth}.]
1. Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the
divine command; any violation of God's will, either in
purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character;
iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission.

Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
--John viii.
34.

Sin is the transgression of the law. --1 John iii.
4.

I think 't no sin.
To cozen him that would unjustly win. --Shak.

Enthralled
By sin to foul, exorbitant desires. --Milton.

2. An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a
misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners.

I grant that poetry's a crying sin. --Pope.

3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.

He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
--2 Cor. v.
21.

4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.]

Thy ambition,
Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land
Of noble Buckingham. --Shak.

Note: Sin is used in the formation of some compound words of
obvious signification; as, sin-born; sin-bred,
sin-oppressed, sin-polluted, and the like.

{Actual sin}, {Canonical sins}, {Original sin}, {Venial sin}.
See under {Actual}, {Canonical}, etc.

{Deadly sins}, or {Mortal sins} (R. C. Ch.), willful and
deliberate transgressions, which take away divine grace;
-- in distinction from vental sins. The seven deadly sins
are pride, covetousness, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and
sloth.

{Sin eater}, a man who (according to a former practice in
England) for a small gratuity ate a piece of bread laid on
the chest of a dead person, whereby he was supposed to
have taken the sins of the dead person upon himself.

{Sin offering}, a sacrifice for sin; something offered as an
expiation for sin.

Syn: Iniquity; wickedness; wrong. See {Crime}.


Venial \Ve"ni*al\, a. [OF. venial, F. v['e]niel, L. venialis,
from venia forgiveness, pardon, grace, favor, kindness; akin
to venerari to venerate. See {Venerate}.]
1. Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable;
pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression.

So they do nothing, 't is a venial slip. --Shak.

2. Allowed; permitted. [Obs.] ``Permitting him the while
venial discourse unblamed.'' --Milton.

{Venial sin} (R. C. Theol.), a sin which weakens, but does
not wholly destroy, sanctifying grace, as do mortal, or
deadly, sins.
※ -- {Ve"ni*al*ly}, adv. -- {Ve"ni*al*ness},
n. --Bp. Hall.