SHRIFT meaning: Confession to a priest, absolution

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shrift: Merriam-Webster
shrift: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
shrift: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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shrift: Wiktionary
shrift: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
shrift: Infoplease Dictionary
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shrift: Online Etymology Dictionary
Shrift (band): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Shrift: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
shrift: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
shrift: Rhymezone
Shrift: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
shrift: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
shrift: FreeDictionary.org
shrift: Mnemonic Dictionary
Shrift: The Word Detective
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shrift: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shrift)

▸ noun:  The act of going to or hearing a religious confession.
▸ noun:  Confession to a priest.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Forgiveness given by a priest after confession; remission.

Opposite:

penance, atonement, expiation

Phrases:

short shrift, shrift father, more...

Adjectives:

short, clean, scant, meagre, unimportant, thy, captive, popish, sort, knowest

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