shrive

Verb

Verb Forms: shrove, shrived, shriven, shriving, shrives

To hear the confession of and grant absolution.
grant remission of a sin to
To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.).
To free from guilt, to absolve.
To prescribe penance or absolution.
To confess, and receive absolution.

Examples

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Origin / Etymology

From Middle English shryven, shriven, schrifen, from Old English sċrīfan (“1. to decree, pass judgement, prescribe, 3. (of a priest) to prescribe penance or absolution”), from Proto-West Germanic *skrīban, from late Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, a borrowing from Latin scrībō (“write”).
Compare West Frisian skriuwe (“to write”), Low German schrieven (“to write”), Dutch schrijven (“to write”), German schreiben (“to write”), Danish skrive (“to write”), Swedish skriva (“to write”), Icelandic skrifa (“to write”). More at scribe and scribble.

Synonyms

absolve

Scrabble Score: 12

shrive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
shrive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shrive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

shrive: valid Words With Friends Word