Definition of Shrift

remission of sins granted after confession

Examples of Shrift in a sentence

Granting the shrift, the priest told the parishioner to go in peace and sin no more.  

Although the man wasn’t sure if he truly believed in God, his Catholic upbringing led him to continue going to confessional and seeking shrift for his sins.  

Shrift and forgiveness was only granted once the woman admitted what she had done to her priest.  

Yielding shrift to his parishioners through confession was one of the main jobs of a medieval priest.  

Preparing to enter the confessional, the nervous sinner hoped that he would receive shift and penance would be granted.  

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