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new vernacular, from purgatory

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expiate (verb): 1. to atone for; to make reparations or amends for.

venial (adjective): 1. able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong as a sin. 2. excusable, trifling, minor.

penitent (adjective): 1. feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant, contrite.

I arrived at these three after reading them in the definition of:

purgatory (noun):

  1. in the belief of Roman Catholics and others) a condition or place in which the souls of those dying penitent are purified from venial sins, or undergo the temporal punishment that, after the guilt of mortal sin has been remitted, still remains to be endured by the sinner.
  2. (initial capital letter, italics) Italian Pur·ga·to·rio [poo, r, -gah-, taw, -, r, yaw]. the second part of Dante’s Divine Comedy, in which the repentant sinners are depicted.Compare inferno ( def 3 ),paradise ( def 7 ).
  3. any condition or place of temporary punishment, suffering, expiation, or the like.