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v. To hear the confession of and give absolution to (a penitent).

v. To obtain absolution for (oneself) by confessing and doing penance.

verb-intransitive. Archaic To make or go to confession.

verb-intransitive. Archaic To hear confessions.

v. To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.)

v. To prescribe penance or absolution.

v. To confess, and receive absolution.

v. To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.

v. To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively.

verb-intransitive. To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution.

To prescribe penance to for sin; impose penance on.

To receive a confession from (a penitent) and grant absolution; hence, to receive an acknowledgment (of a fault) from, and pardon.

To acknowledge a fault; confess to a priest and receive absolution: used reflexively.

To receive a confession, impose the necessary penance, and grant absolution.

To make confession.

To prune (trees).

v. grant remission of a sin to

"COOPER: Well, by the Christian calendar, tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday, the world shrove from the old English word -- verb to -- to shrive, meaning to absolve."

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forgive   

shrift    scribe   

shriven    shrove   

shrived    shrove    shriven    shriving    Shrove Monday    Shrove Tuesday    Shrovetide    Shrove Sunday   

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