"shrift" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "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”)",
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      "expansion": "Old English sċrift (“penance, shrift; something prescribed as punishment, penalty; one who passes sentence, a judge”)",
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        "t": "to write"
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        "t": "to scratch, tear"
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          "ref": "1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, stanza LIX, page 78:",
          "text": "For seldom did she go to chapel-shrift, / And seldom felt she any hunger-pain; [...]",
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          "roman": "ízpoved",
          "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
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          "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
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          "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
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          "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
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          "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
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          "roman": "ispovédanije",
          "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
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          "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
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          "roman": "ízpoved",
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          "sense": "confession to a priest",
          "word": "rippi"
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          "_dis1": "7 80 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "confession to a priest",
          "word": "ripittäytyminen"
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          "_dis1": "7 80 13",
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          "roman": "aɣsareba",
          "sense": "confession to a priest",
          "word": "აღსარება"
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          "roman": "íspovedʹ",
          "sense": "confession to a priest",
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          "word": "и́споведь"
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          "text": "[Friar:] Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift. / Riddling confession finds but riddling shrift.",
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        "(obsolete) Forgiveness given by a priest after confession; remission."
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          "roman": "oprošténie",
          "sense": "forgiveness given by a priest after confession",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "опроще́ние"
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          "roman": "miṭeveba",
          "sense": "forgiveness given by a priest after confession",
          "word": "მიტევება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 87",
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          "roman": "šendoba",
          "sense": "forgiveness given by a priest after confession",
          "word": "შენდობა"
        },
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "forgiveness given by a priest after confession",
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          "sense": "forgiveness given by a priest after confession",
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          "sense": "forgiveness given by a priest after confession",
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          "roman": "otpuščénije grexóv",
          "sense": "forgiveness given by a priest after confession",
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          "word": "отпуще́ние грехо́в"
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          "word": "syndaförlåtelse"
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    "Mental Floss",
    "Pocket (service)"
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      "word": "shrift father"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪft"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ízpoved",
      "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "и́зповед"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zpověď"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "odpuštění"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beichte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beichtablegung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Beichtgang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispovédanije",
      "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "испове́дание"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skriftermål"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of going to or hearing a religious confession",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bikt"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ízpoved",
      "sense": "confession to a priest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "и́зповед"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "confession to a priest",
      "word": "rippi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "confession to a priest",
      "word": "ripittäytyminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aɣsareba",
      "sense": "confession to a priest",
      "word": "აღსარება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "confession to a priest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beichte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "íspovedʹ",
      "sense": "confession to a priest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "и́споведь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "confession to a priest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skriftermål"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "confession to a priest",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bikt"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oprošténie",
      "sense": "forgiveness given by a priest after confession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "опроще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "miṭeveba",
      "sense": "forgiveness given by a priest after confession",
      "word": "მიტევება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šendoba",
      "sense": "forgiveness given by a priest after confession",
      "word": "შენდობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forgiveness given by a priest after confession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sündenerlass"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forgiveness given by a priest after confession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sündenvergebung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forgiveness given by a priest after confession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Absolution"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otpuščénije grexóv",
      "sense": "forgiveness given by a priest after confession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отпуще́ние грехо́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "forgiveness given by a priest after confession",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "syndaförlåtelse"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Mental Floss",
    "Pocket (service)"
  ],
  "word": "shrift"
}