Shrift
[ʃrɪft]
Definition
(n.) The act of shriving.
(n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it.
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Definition
n. a confession made to a priest: absolution—esp. of a dying man.
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Examples
- If I judged them I'd give them short shrift! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Thy penitents, father, have made a long shrift--it is the better for them, since it is the last they shall ever make. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She whispered her avowal; her shrift was whispered back; she returned consoled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There is probably short shrift for the old at the squatting-place. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then it would mean short shrift for me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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