shrift
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/ʃrɪft/
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/ʃrɪft/
A quick confession or forgiveness given to someone, especially when they are dying.
The dying man asked for a priest to give him last rites and shrive him.
死にゆく男は、神父に最後の告解をしてもらい、赦しを求めた。
Little attention or consideration given to someone's case or opinion.
She didn't give his argument much shrift, dismissing it as nonsense.
彼女は彼の主張にあまり配慮せず、それを無意味なものとして退けた。