shrift
🇺🇸
/ʃrɪft/
🇬🇧
/ʃrɪft/
noun
R
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.
R
Little attention or consideration given to someone's case or opinion.
She didn't give his argument much shrift, dismissing it as nonsense.
translation
A quick confession or forgiveness given to someone, especially when they are dying.; Little attention or consideration given to someone's case or opinion.
Word Forms
Plural
shrifts