Meaning of shrift in English:
shrift
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noun
mass noun1 archaic Confession, especially to a priest.
See also short shrift- ‘go to shrift’
- 1.1Absolution by a priest.forgiveness, pardoning, exoneration, remission, dispensation, indulgence, purgation, clemency, mercy
Origin
Old English scrift ‘penance imposed after confession’, from shrive.
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