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We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Meaning of "shrift" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHRIFT

Old English scrift, from Latin scriptumscript.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SHRIFT

shrift  [ʃrɪft] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHRIFT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shrift is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHRIFT


adrift
əˈdrɪft
drift
drɪft
festschrift
ˈfɛstˌʃrɪft
grift
ɡrɪft
rift
rɪft
serifed
ˈsɛrɪft
seriffed
ˈsɛrɪft
snowdrift
ˈsnəʊˌdrɪft
spendthrift
ˈspɛndˌθrɪft
spindrift
ˈspɪnˌdrɪft
spoondrift
ˈspuːnˌdrɪft
stardrift
ˈstɑːˌdrɪft
strift
strɪft
thrift
θrɪft
unthrift
ʌnˈθrɪft

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHRIFT

shriek
shrieker
shriekingly
shrieky
shrieval
shrievalties
shrievalty
shrieve
shright
shrike
shrike thrush
shrill
shrillness
shrilly
shrimp
shrimp cocktail
shrimp net
shrimp sauce
shrimper
shrimplike

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHRIFT

airlift
continental drift
day shift
deadlift
face-lift
forklift
free gift
lift
longshore drift
makeshift
night shift
North Atlantic Drift
paradigm shift
shift
short shrift
sift
swift
swing shift
uplift
wage drift

Synonyms and antonyms of shrift in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shrift» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHRIFT

Find out the translation of shrift to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shrift from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shrift» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冷遇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shrift
570 millions of speakers

English

shrift
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पापमोचन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شريفت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

исповедь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shrift
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাপমোচন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

confession
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bahaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Beichte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

shrift
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

참회
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shrift
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự xưng tội và tha tội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுமுக விடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झुडूप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

günah çıkarma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

confessione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

shrift
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сповідь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shrift
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shrift
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

biecht
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shrift
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shrift
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shrift

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHRIFT»

The term «shrift» is regularly used and occupies the 97.880 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHRIFT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shrift

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2 QUOTES WITH «SHRIFT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shrift.
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Jodi Kantor
First ladies, you know, we look at Michelle Obama, and we look at most first ladies, and they seem like they have it all. You know, they live in the White House, they go to state dinners, they ride on Air Force One, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. But first ladies do often feel that they are given short shrift or forgotten or left at the margins.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHRIFT»

Discover the use of shrift in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shrift and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
The Bronx always gets the short shrift in the New York Marathon...from race organizers who mapped out this five-borough course 35 years ago. —New York Daily News (11/6/2011) Despite country [music]'s ongoing sales potency, it received ...
Peter Bengelsdorf
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A glossary; or, Collection of words ... which have been ...
Shrift, s. Confession to a priest, or the absolution consequent upon it, or the act of the priest in hearing and absolving. This word, and the kindred verb to shrive, which are both pure Saxon, naturally became obsolete, by rapid steps, when the  ...
Robert Nares, 1822
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A Lexical Concordance to the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: S-T
shrewes — 'shreue n. shrewidnesse — 'shreuednesse n. shrewis — 'shreue n. shrichyng — 'skrikinge ger. shrift — 'shrifte n. shrifte n. [ <MED> s.v. shrift n.; < OED> s.v. shrift sb.] confession [See shrifte-fader n.] 26: shrift[l2], shrifte[l2], shryfte[2] ...
Akio Oizumi, Geoffrey Chaucer, 2003
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Old English Homilies of the Twelfth Century: From the Unique ...
And on account of that guilt he ought to show his sins at shrift ; and therefore cometh upon him that misfortune which the prophet wished in the psalm book, thus saying, Adhereat lingua mea faucibus meis, &c. — Let my tongue cleave to my ...
Richard Morris, 1873
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Shakespeare's Religious Language: A Dictionary
SHRIFT (A) Shriving; the giving or hearing of confession, the assignment ofpenance and absolution; also the submission of oneself to a priest for such discipline (see OED sb. 1–2, 4–6). (B) Romeo 'confesses' his new love to the Friar in such ...
R. Chris Hassel Jr., 2005
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A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
SHRIFT, j. Confession to a priest, or the absolution consequent upon it, or the act of the priest in hearing and absolving. This word, and the kindred verb to shrive, which are both pure Saxon, naturally became obsolete, by rapid steps, when the  ...
Robert Nares, 1822
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Old English Homelies and Homiletic Traetises ... of the ...
And on account of that guilt he ought to show his sins at shrift ; and therefore cometh upOn him that misfortune which the prophet wished in the psalm book, thus saying, Adhereat lingua mea fazwibus meis, (fa—Let my tongue cleave to my ...
Richard Morris, 1873
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Old English Homilies and Homiletic Treatises: (Sawles Warde, ...
And on account of that guilt he ought to show his sins at shrift ; and therefore cometh upon him that misfortune which the prophet wished in the psalm book, thus saying, Adfiereat lingua mea faucibus meis, &c. — Let my tongue cleave to my ...
Richard Morris, 1868
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Amtliche Sammlung Der Ältern Eidgenössischen Abschiede
fein könne und das erft durch das reine Wort Gottes entfhieden werden müffe; da es durch die hl. Shrift belehrt werde. daß es in geiftlichen Sachen keiner andern Gewalt unterworfen fei. als allein Jefu Ehrifto. der feine frommen Voreltern aus ...
‎1872
10
Casual Lex: An Informal Assemblage of Why We Say What We Say
Have you ever been accused of giving short shrift to instructions from a superior or a lecture from a relative? If you are guilty of having yielded only quick and perfunctory attention to something, you are not giving short shrift in its original sense.
Webb Garrison, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHRIFT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shrift is used in the context of the following news items.
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KPSC gives short shrift to differently abled IIT postgraduate
When Delhiite Ira Singhal became the first differently abled candidate to top the Civil Services examinations this year, the 30-year-old became the symbol of ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
2
Clean Energy Potential Gets Short Shrift in Policymaking, Group Says
Faulty projections by EIA on renewable energy growth are being used in critical policies like the Clean Power Plan, a trade group says. By Naveena Sadasivam ... «InsideClimate News, Jun 15»
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Give dead Australian jihadis short shrift
Search in: Comment. smh.com.au; Web; Comment. Give dead Australian jihadis short shrift. Date: June 23, 2015. (29); Vote; Read later. inShare; submit to reddit ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
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Give dad more than the short shrift
Father's Day always gets short shrift. Because we shot the wad on Mother's Day last month. We all understand Mother's Day, the after-echo of the odd 19th ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jun 15»
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Brampton's call for provincial inquiry gets short shrift
The Star has learned that a public inquiry by the province into alleged corruption in Brampton development deals won't happen any time soon — if at all — after ... «Toronto Star, Jun 15»
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College basketball players get short shrift for long shots
It is a far cry from Grinnell College, the excellent liberal arts college in the Iowa cornfields, to the plutocrats and millionaires of the National Basketball ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
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STUDY: California TV Stations' Drought Coverage Gave Short Shrift
It has become increasingly clear that human-induced climate change is exacerbating California's historic drought and will continue to make droughts in the ... «Media Matters for America, May 15»
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Oklahoma Watch: Do mentally ill get short shrift from insurers?
Karie Dove looks through insurance records about her daughter's mental-health case. Dove said she spent thousands of dollars on her daughter's treatment ... «Tulsa World, May 15»
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Mental Health Is Still Getting Short Shrift Despite Laws
This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily reporting and ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
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Diane Stafford: Older workers get short shrift when resources are tight
In organizations that are prospering, there appears to be no difference in the distribution of bonuses, training or new jobs to older or younger workers. «Kansas City Star, Apr 15»

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