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31forgiving — adj 1. absolutory, absolvent, absolving, shriving, excusive, excusing, condoning, remissive, remitting; acquitting, exculpatory, exculpating, exonerative, exonerating. 2. merciful, compassionate, humane, clement, forbearing, sparing, lenient,… …
32pardon — n 1. clemency, indulgence, indulgency, indulging, lenience, leniency, lenity; forbearance, tolerance, allowance, permissiveness; mercifulness, mercy, grace, humanity, compassion; condonation, condoning, overlooking, disregarding. 2. amnesty,… …
33purification — n 1. sanitization, sanitizing, sanitating, depuration, depurating; depollution, depolluting, freshening, deodorizing, decontamination, decontaminating, disinfection, disinfecting, antisepticizing; cleansing, detersion, deterging, mundification,… …
34remission — n 1. forwarding, transmission, transmittal, transmitting, sending, dispatch, dispatching, remitting; payment, paying, discharge, discharging; remunerating, reimbursement, reimbursing, compensation, settlement, settling, paying off or up,… …
35shrift — /ʃrɪft / (say shrift) noun Archaic 1. the imposition of penance by a priest on a penitent after confession. 2. absolution or remission of sins granted after confession and penance. 3. confession to a priest. 4. the act of shriving. –phrase 5.… …
36shrive — /ʃraɪv / (say shruyv) verb (shrove or shrived, shriven or shrived, shriving) Archaic –verb (t) 1. to impose penance on for sin. 2. to grant absolution to (a penitent). 3. to confess to a priest, for the purpose of obtaining absolution. 4. to hear …
37Jack o' Lent — In Tudor and Jacobean London, this was the name for gaunt puppets made of straw, rags, and herring skins, personifying the Lenten fast, which boys set up on Ash Wednesday and pelted with heavy sticks, and finally burnt before Easter. He could… …
38shrift — [shrift] n. [ME schrift < OE scrift < scrifan, to SHRIVE] Archaic 1. confession to and absolution by a priest 2. the act of shriving: See also SHORT SHRIFT …
39shrive — [shrīv] vt. shrived or shrove, shriven [shriv′ən] or shrived, shriving [ME shriven < OE scrifan, akin to Ger schreiben, to write < early WGmc borrowing < L scribere, to write: see SCRIBE] Archaic 1. to hear the confession of and absolve… …
