Related Words for shrive

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confess
x/
Verb, Verb
squeal
/
Verb, Noun, Verb
absolve
x/
Verb
purge
/
Noun
shrew
/
Noun
repent
x/
Verb
fess
/
Noun
forgive
x/
Verb
cleanse
/
Verb
penance
/x
Noun
fess up
//
Phrase, Verb
remit
x/
Noun
redeem
x/
Verb
purify
/xx
Verb
cloister
/x
Noun
shriek
/
Noun
exorcise
/xx
Verb
shroud
/
Noun
shrivel
/x
Verb
blaspheme
/x
Verb
crouch
/
Noun
guilt
/
Noun
shun
/
Noun
atone
x/
Noun
preach
/
Verb
shrink
/
Verb
deprive
x/
Verb
incriminate
x/xx
Verb
overhear
/x/
Verb
sweat
/
Noun
frock
/
Noun
abjure
//
Verb
awaken
x/x
Verb
sacrifice
/xx
Noun
offend
x/
Verb
writhe
/
Noun
hush
/
Noun
graven
/x
Noun
transgress
x/
Verb
bend
/
Noun
prison
/x
Noun
shut in
/x
Phrase, Verb
reproach
x/
Noun
renounce
x/
Verb
breathe
/
Verb
stink
/
Noun
shackle
/x
Noun
give out
//
Phrase, Verb
shame
/
Noun
forfeit
/x
Verb
shirk
/
Noun
hiss
/
Noun
commit
x/
Verb
croak
/
Noun
pardon
/x
Noun
cram
/
Noun
shawl
/
Noun
grieve
/
Noun
manse
/
Noun
convict
/x
Noun
cowl
/
Noun
closet
/x
Noun
knoll
/
Noun
transpire
x/x
Verb
swallow
/x
Noun
shack
/
Noun
interdict
/xx
Noun
reprove
x/
Verb
lithe
/
Adjective
scruple
/x
Noun
silence
/x
Noun
snitch
/
Noun
hibernate
/xx
Noun
shed
/
Verb
translate
x/
Verb
keep to oneself
//x/
Phrase, Verb
fast
/
Noun
shut
/
Verb
eavesdrop
/x
Verb
whisper
/x
Noun
hearken
/x
Verb
shred
/
Noun
grovel
/x
Verb
shush
/
Noun
abridge
x/
Verb
depose
x/
Verb
shrub
/
Noun
forgive and forget
x///x
Phrase, Verb
secrete
x/
Verb
damn
/
Adjective
pronounce
x/
Verb
shudder
/x
Noun
refrain
x/
Noun
ransom
/x
Noun
swerve
/
Noun
betray
x/
Verb
pass sentence
//x
Phrase, Verb
plead
/
Verb
smuggle
/x
Verb
lecture
/x
Noun
excuse
x/
Noun
hush up
//
Phrase, Verb
visit
/x
Noun
convey
x/
Verb
priest
/
Noun
sins
/
Noun
soul
/
Noun
let
/
Verb
come
/
Verb
cloth
/
Noun
oh
/
Noun, Verb
maypole
/x
Noun, Verb
girly
/x
Adjective, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
headlines
/x
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb