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Meaning of shrift in English:

shrift

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noun

mass noun

  • 1archaic Confession, especially to a priest.

    ‘go to shrift’
    See also short shrift
    1. 1.1Absolution by a priest.
      forgiveness, pardoning, exoneration, remission, dispensation, indulgence, purgation, clemency, mercy

Origin

Old English scrift ‘penance imposed after confession’, from shrive.

Pronunciation

shrift

/ʃrɪft/