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n. Archaic The act of shriving.

n. Archaic Confession to a priest.

n. Archaic Absolution given by a priest. See Note at short shrift.

n. The act of going to or hearing a religious confession.

n. Confession to a priest.

n. Forgiveness given by a priest after confession; remission.

n. The act of shriving.

n. Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it.

n. The penitential act of confession to a priest, especially in the case of a dying penitent.

n. Absolution received after confession; pardon.

n. The priestly act of confessing and absolving a penitent.

n. Figuratively, in strict confidence; as if in confession.

To confess and absolve; shrive.

n. the act of being shriven

"But in short shrift, that may not matter any longer."

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