Shrive — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

grant remission of a sin to

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ʃɹˈaɪv/

🇬🇧British English

/ʃɹˈaɪv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ʃɹˈaɪv/

1 syllable Say it as /ʃɹˈaɪv/.

Examples

The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

absolve

Parts of Speech

verb	grant remission of a sin to “The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's”

Word Forms

absolvitory	adjective	providing absolution
absolution	noun	the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance
absolver	noun	someone who grants absolution

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schrumpfen

Vergebung einer Sünde gewähren

🇫🇷French

confesser et absoudre

accorder la rémission d'un péché à

🇪🇸Spanish

confesar

conceder la remisión de un pecado a

🇮🇹Italian

avvincere

concedere la remissione di un peccato a

🇳🇱Dutch

verschrompelen

vergeving van een zonde verlenen

🇵🇹Portuguese

encolher

conceder a remissão de um pecado a

🇷🇺Russian

сморщиваться

даровать отпущение грехов

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सिकुड़ना

किसी पाप की क्षमा प्रदान करना

🇧🇩Bengali

কুঁকড়ে যাওয়া

একটি পাপ ক্ষমা মঞ্জুর

🇮🇳Tamil

துறுதுறு

ஒரு பாவத்தை மன்னிக்க வேண்டும்

🇮🇳Telugu

కృశించు

పాప విముక్తిని మంజూరు చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

वाढणे

पापाची क्षमा द्या

🇮🇳Gujarati

વધવું

પાપની માફી આપો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕುಗ್ಗಿಸು

ಪಾಪದ ಪರಿಹಾರವನ್ನು ನೀಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ശോഷിക്കുക

ഒരു പാപമോചനം നൽകുക

🇵🇰Urdu

سکڑنا

ایک گناہ کی معافی عطا کریں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

枯萎

赦免罪孽

🇯🇵Japanese

縮こまる

～に罪の赦しを与える

🇰🇷Korean

오그라들다

죄 사함을 주다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

co lại

ban sự tha thứ tội lỗi cho

🇹🇭Thai

เหี่ยวเฉา

ทรงโปรดยกบาปให้

🇮🇩Indonesian

menyusut

memberikan pengampunan dosa kepada

🇵🇭Filipino

mangunot

bigyan ng kapatawaran ng kasalanan sa

🇲🇾Malay

kecut

memberi pengampunan dosa kepada

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

يذبل

منح مغفرة الذنب ل

🇮🇷Persian

کوچک شدن

بخشش گناه به

🇹🇷Turkish

küçülmek

bir günahın bağışlanmasını sağlamak

🇮🇱Hebrew

להתכווץ

להעניק מחילה על חטא

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The primary meaning of 'shrive' is 'grant remission of a sin to'.

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Using 'shrive' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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'shrive' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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