Related Clues:

• Minor verse? Part of it, elevated, holds answer
• Excusable, as an evil could be
• Easily forgiven, a sin say
• Minor, as a sin
• Slight and pardonable (sin)
• An evil (anag) — easily excused
• A not-too-serious sin
• *Forgivable
• Open to bribery, one is held pardonable
• Mortal’s counterpart