(1) Then, when he was forgiven, he walked along a moonbeam and said to Ha-Notsri [Hebrew name for Jesus of Nazareth]: “You know, you were right.
(2) Read any technology trends article and you’d be forgiven for thinking all roads lead to the cloud.
(3) Updated at 12.23pm BST 12.04pm BST As Mariano Rajoy and François Hollande prepare to reveal their austerity budgets (Spain goes on Thursday and France on Friday), they might be forgiven for casting an envious eye towards Australia where government statisticians revealed that the country is A$325bn (£200bn) better off than they'd thought.
(4) He added: “From what we’ve seen so far, Londoners can be forgiven for wondering if Zac will be a mayor who works to bring London’s diverse communities together or one who will drive them apart.” Others evince real surprise over Goldsmith’s stance.
(5) I have reflected on everything that happened to me and my family and I have forgiven my tormentors.
(6) Discontent with the monarchy is no longer confined to avowedly republican parties or rightwingers, who have never forgiven the king for introducing democracy and transforming the state handed to him by dictator General Francisco Franco on his death in 1975, when Spain's historically fragile monarchy was restored for the second time in a century.
(7) The system of government he had built was defiantly non-western, relying not on institutions but on individuals, key power-brokers prized for their loyalty and forgiven for faults that horrified overseas observers.
(8) I was glad to receive some emails after the reversal applauding the decision as though all was forgiven and, I wondered, perhaps even soon to be forgotten.
(9) Putin could have been forgiven for allowing himself a wry grin, as another court comprehensively trashed Berezovsky's reputation.
(10) Indeed, you might be forgiven for thinking that the bill was a golden opportunity for Labour to return to principle and express its opposition to anyone being obliged to work without pay.
(11) The argument about academies and free schools is one thing, but this runs much deeper: even if they support what the government is doing to schools, people could be forgiven for expecting consistency, transparency and a model of government whereby ministers might understand that supposedly independent bodies have to be seen to be so, and that even the appearance of collusion can be toxic.
(12) Last July Swatis might have been forgiven for thinking their misfortune was over.
(13) At CPAC, conservatives dedicated an entire panel to “The Future of Marriage.” One could be forgiven for assuming it tackled the issue via the sub-topic “Gays, and the Ickiness Thereof,” because that was the default assumption among those attending CPAC as part of an ongoing More Jaded Than Thou contest.
(14) How they got here You'll be forgiven if you thought they were still cursed, if you had been following recent baseball history.
(15) I have no doubt that it is related to the incident in 2005, but I have forgiven my ex-boyfriend for what happened.
(16) In the packed cafe area at the top of Libération’s offices, where the surviving members of Charlie Hebdo have been working since Friday, editor-in-chief Gérard Biard held up the new edition of the magazine, which features a picture of the prophet Muhammad crying below the words “All is forgiven”.
(17) Ford was an action man and audiences could be forgiven for thinking this was going to be a sort of Indiana Jones and the Flying Police Car.
(18) Indeed, if you were to wander into a court martial today by accident, you could be forgiven for thinking that behind one of the doors was a yard with a pole at one end and a small group of idle soldiers awaiting orders to shoot at the other.
(19) It is only two years since Weiner was forced to resign after lying about sending sexually explicit photographs of himself to women, and the poll findings show there is little sign that the electorate has forgiven him.
(20) I have forgiven them, maybe they didn't know what they were doing."
Venial
Definition:
(a.) Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression.
(a.) Allowed; permitted.
Example Sentences:
(1) Based upon our previous experience on the treatment of meningococcal infections with satisfactory evolution when the fourth day of therapy was finalized and taking into account published experiences with four or less days of therapy, we realized a study on the efficacy of a four days therapy when venial meningococcal infections but of seven days when the serious ones.
(2) It is argued that obvious statistical blunders (mortal sins) have not disappeared entirely from the aging literature, but that the most frequent error now is that of choosing a less powerful analytic solution when a more powerful (and equally applicable) one is at hand (a venial sin).