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  • 21Judi Bowker — est une actrice anglaise née le 6 avril 1954 à Shawford (Royaume Uni). Elle a fait carrière principalement à la télévision. Sur le plan cinématographique, ses deux prestations les plus connues sont celles du personnage de Sainte Claire dans… …

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  • 22shrive — /shruyv/, v., shrove or shrived, shriven or shrived, shriving. v.t. 1. to impose penance on (a sinner). 2. to grant absolution to (a penitent). 3. to hear the confession of (a person). v.i. Archaic. 4. to hear confessions. 5. to go to or make… …

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  • 23confessional — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. confession booth, confession chair, shriving pew; see booth …

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  • 24absolution — n. Acquittal, remission, discharge, release, liberation, deliverance, clearance, forgiveness, pardon, shriving, shrift. See indulgence, justification …

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  • 25confessional — n. Confession chair, confessionary, shriving pew …

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  • 26absolution — n 1. forgiveness, forgiving, excuse, excusing, shriving, making allowances for; condonation, condoning, overlooking, disregarding, ignoring; acquittal, acquittance, acquitting, comburgation, exculpation, exculpating, clearance, clearing, proof of …

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  • 27acquittal — n 1. exculpation, exculpating, clearance, clearing, compurgation, acquittance; absolution, absolving, forgiveness, forgiving, shriving, excusal, excusing; exoneration, exonerating, justification, justifying, warranting, vindicating; pardon,… …

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  • 28acquittance — n 1. exculpation, exculpating, clearance, clearing, compurgation, acquittal; absolution, absolving, forgiveness, forgiving, shriving, excusal, excusing; exoneration, exonerating, justification, justifying, warranting, vindicating; pardon,… …

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  • 29excuse — v 1. forgive, absolve, shrive, remit; forbear, spare, judge with leniency; pardon, amnesty, reprieve, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate; acquit, clear, prove innocent, uphold innocence, remove guilt; condone, make allowances for, overlook, pass… …

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  • 30forgiveness — n 1. absolution, absolving, shriving, excusal, excusing, making allowances for; pardoning, reprieve, reprieving, remission, remitting, amnesty; acquittal, acquittance, acquitting, compurgation, exculpation, exculpating, exoneration, exonerating,… …

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