shrift

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of going to or hearing a religious confession.
2. (countable, uncountable) Confession to a priest.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Forgiveness given by a priest after confession; remission.

Synonyms

confession

dispensation

remission

remittal

Translations

confesión

Beichte

Beleidigung

άφεση

εξομολόγηση

absolution

affront

biecht

طائر الجزّار

papaza günahını çıkarttırma

desfavor

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɹɪft/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: shrift

Inherited from Old English: scryft

Inherited from Old English: sċrift

In summary

From Middle English shrift (“confession to a priest; act or instance of this; sacrament of penance; penance assigned by a priest; penitence, repentance; punishment for sin”) [and other forms], from Old English sċrift (“penance, shrift; something prescribed as punishment, penalty; one who passes sentence, a judge”), from sċrīfan (“of a priest: to prescribe absolution or penance; to pass judgment, ordain, prescribe; to appoint, decree”) (whence shrive), from Proto-Germanic *skrībaną (“to write”), from Latin scrībō (“to write”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- (“to scratch, tear”). Equivalent to shrive + -t.