Tom begged Mary for a second chance, but she gave him short shrift.
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Shrift
//ʃɹɪft//
Synonyms for "shrift" (25 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- и́зповед noun (act of going to or hearing a religious confession)
- и́зповед noun (confession to a priest)
- опроще́ние noun (forgiveness given by a priest after confession)
Czech
4 entries- odpuštění noun (act of going to or hearing a religious confession)
- odpuštění noun (forgiveness given by a priest after confession)
- zpověď noun (act of going to or hearing a religious confession)
- zpověď noun (confession to a priest)
Finnish
2 entries- ripittäytyminen noun (confession to a priest)
- rippi noun (confession to a priest)
Georgian
3 entries- აღსარება noun (confession to a priest)
- მიტევება noun (forgiveness given by a priest after confession)
- შენდობა noun (forgiveness given by a priest after confession)
German
4 entries- Absolution noun (forgiveness given by a priest after confession)
- Beichtablegung noun (act of going to or hearing a religious confession)
- Beichte noun (act of going to or hearing a religious confession)
- Beichte noun (confession to a priest)
Russian
3 entries- и́споведь noun (confession to a priest)
- испове́дание noun (act of going to or hearing a religious confession)
- отпуще́ние грехо́в noun (forgiveness given by a priest after confession)
Swedish
4 entries- bikt noun (act of going to or hearing a religious confession)
- bikt noun (confession to a priest)
- skriftermål noun (act of going to or hearing a religious confession)
- skriftermål noun (confession to a priest)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
For seldom did she go to chapel-shrift, / And seldom felt she any hunger-pain; [...]
Source: wiktionary
[Friar:] Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift. / Riddling confession finds but riddling shrift.
Source: wiktionary
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