shrift

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ʃɹɪft/, X-SAMPA: /Sr\Ift/
• Rhymes: -ɪft

Noun

shrift (plural shrifts)

1. The act of going to or hearing a religious confession.
2. Confession to a priest.
3. (obsolete) Forgiveness given by a priest after confession; remission.
   • circa 1594 CE: William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

     (Friar:) Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift. / Riddling confession finds but riddling shrift.

Related terms

• shrive
• short shrift

Translations

The act of going to or hearing a religious confession

• Russian: исповедание (ru) (ispovedanije) n

• Swedish: skriftermål (sv) n, bikt (sv) c

confession to a priest

• Finnish: rippi (fi), ripittäytyminen (fi)

• German: Beichte (de) f
• Russian: исповедь (ru) (ispovedʹ) f
• Swedish: skriftermål (sv) n, bikt (sv) c

Forgiveness given by a priest after confession

• Russian: отпущение (ru) (otpuščenije) n грехов (ru) (grexov) m

• Swedish: syndaförlåtelse (sv) c

Anagrams

• firths
• friths