shrift

n. Archaic.

1. The act of shriving.
2. Confession to a priest.
3. Absolution given by a priest. See Note at short shrift.

[Middle English, from Old English scrift, from Latin scrīptum, something written, from neuter past participle of scrībere, to write. See shrive.]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the act of being shriven

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skriftemål

idioms:

• short shrift    kort proces

Nederlands (Dutch)
biecht

Français (French)
n. - expédition, renvoi

idioms:

• short shrift    (se faire expédier) sans ménagements par

Deutsch (German)
n. - Beichte, Absolution

idioms:

• short shrift    kurze Beichte, kurzer Prozeß

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εξομολόγηση και άφεση αμαρτιών

idioms:

• short shrift    σύντομη ή περιφρονητική αντιμετώπιση, περιφρόνηση, σνομπάρισμα

Italiano (Italian)
confessione

idioms:

• short shrift    poca attenzione, poco credito

Português (Portuguese)
n. - confissão (f)

idioms:

• short shrift    tempo (m) curto ao réu para confissão e absolvição de seus pecados

Русский (Russian)
исповедь, отпущение грехов

idioms:

• short shrift    короткая расправа, короткий промежуток времени между приговором и казнью, незначительная отсрочка

Español (Spanish)
n. - confesión, absolución

idioms:

• short shrift    despachar a alguien

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bikt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
忏悔, 认罪

idioms:

• short shrift    死刑等之暂缓执行, 不理会

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 懺悔, 認罪

idioms:

• short shrift    死刑等之暫緩執行, 不理會

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 참회, 고해, 고해에 의한 사죄

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 懺悔, 臨終の懺悔, 告解聴聞席

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أعتراف للكاهن, غفران أو حل من ألأثم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮וידוי לפני כומר, וידוי ומחילה‬

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