shrive

• Verbo anticuado que significa escuchar la confesión, imponer penitencia y absolver los pecados (especialmente dicho de un sacerdote respecto al penitente).

An archaic verb meaning to hear the confession of, assign penance to, and absolve someone (especially a priest to a penitent).

verbo irregular

1. Grant absolutionC2formalbritish

   To hear a confession and grant forgiveness or remission of sins, typically in a religious context.

   absolver

   • The priest shrived the penitent sinner.
   • In medieval times, people would travel far to be shriven by a holy man.
   • He sought a priest to shrive him before his journey.

   Sinónimosabsolveforgivepardon

   Antónimoscondemncursedamnpunish