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shrive
1. To confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure.
2. In Christianity, to hear someone's confession of sins and give the person absolution.
3. To obtain absolution for (oneself) by confessing and doing penance.
4. Etymology: an early borrowing from Latin scribere, "to write".
2. In Christianity, to hear someone's confession of sins and give the person absolution.
3. To obtain absolution for (oneself) by confessing and doing penance.
4. Etymology: an early borrowing from Latin scribere, "to write".
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scrib-, script-, -scribe, -scription, -scriptive
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