shrift
IPA: ʃrˈɪft
noun
- The act of going to or hearing a religious confession.
- Confession to a priest.
- (obsolete) Forgiveness given by a priest after confession; remission.
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Examples of "shrift" in Sentences
- I get that feeling too, shrift...
- You're such a good writer, shrift.
- I'm shrift, except without the ex.
- These points are given short shrift.
- Even the definition gets short shrift.
- Otherwise it will receive short shrift.
- Give in to the doc side of the force, shrift.
- Who may need to right on Stela by Hieroglyphs and 'demotic' shrift in ones
- I think there's something in Shrift's or Sue's post that is getting read as one long word.
- To give short shrift to any of these three facets of communication is to tear apart the fabric of dialogue.
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