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Recent Examples of shrive
Shrove Tuesday derives from the Anglo-Saxon Christian practice of going to confession and being shriven, or absolved of sins before the 40-day fast leading up to Easter.
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Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrive
Verb
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Still, some of these foibles are easier to forgive when seen in service of the greater good.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
5 Jan. 2026
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Reading the media these days, you would be forgiven for thinking the technology, journalism, and investment communities were inadvertently wishing an AI ‘bubble’ into existence.—
Oscar Täckström,
Fortune,
3 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Trump pardoned or ordered the dismissal of charges for all of them.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Bush commuted Libby’s 30-month prison sentence but refused Cheney’s request to pardon him.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Some autoimmune diseases also can remit on their own for reasons that remain unclear, implying that not every patient may require lifelong therapy.—
Jason Liebowitz,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Pittsburg City Council on Monday unanimously approved the effort, which included $77,500 in city permit fee waivers and a $42,500 quarterly sales tax rebate – remitted at 50% of the supermarket’s quarterly revenues.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Shrive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrive. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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