Shrieve

//ʃɹiːv//

Synonyms for "shrieve" (44 found)

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absolve acquit administer absolution administer extreme unction amnesty clear confess decontaminate

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destigmatize discharge dismiss dispense from exculpate excuse exempt exempt from exonerate forgive free give absolution grant amnesty to

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Please it your Majesty, here is the shrieve of Northamptonshire, with certain persons that of late committed a riot, and have appealed to your Majesty beseeching your Highness for special cause to hear them.

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I know him: he was a botcher's 'prentice in Paris, from whence he was whipped for getting the shrieve's fool with child: a dumb innocent that could not say him nay.

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[…]he ordered [father Jerome] to be called and shrieve the prisoner.

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He'll shrieve my soul, he'll wash away The Albatross's blood.

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