The cast of The Short Shrift - 2012 includes: Katya Shevtsov as Ana

It means to give something little consideration.

Manning Long has written:

'Bury the hatchet'

'Short shrift'

'Vicious circle'

'Dull thud'

Have you got leave to go to shrift today? used as a noun. the imposition of penance by a priest on a penitent after confession.

"Shrove" is the past tense of "shrive", meaning "to hear a confession".

It is most common in the term "Shrove Tuesday" referring to the fact that Catholics would seek absolution of sins prior to the beginning of Lent.

"Shrive" comes from the Old English "scrifan", which was used to mean "prescribing or recommending a confession". This is ultimately from the Latin "scribo", meaning "to write" (as in "prescribe", "scribe", "scribble", "script").

The noun form is "shrift". If you're convicted of a capital offense, you get a "short shrift" prior to your execution. If your buddies have taken the loot, and you "get the short shrift", then you've been badly cheated.