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shrives

verb

present tense third-person singular of shrive
as in reforms

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  1. reforms
  2. remits
  3. forgives
  4. pardons
Verb
  • There’s that churro bread pudding, the one with a junkyard origin story that breaks down the churros and then reforms them into a dense and perfect block as powerful as an Avengers movie prop.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Kentucky's General Assembly has passed House Bill 2, which reforms the state's Medicaid program.
    — Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of reforms
Verb
  • This can have weird consequences since there is often a lag between the time that the debtor's employer remits money to the sheriff's office and the sheriff's office lags in sending the money to the creditor.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • The site collects from clients are remits payment to you when jobs are complete, minus the site’s 20% fee.
    — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of remits
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  • Patrick Clancy forgives his ex-wife In the days after the tragedy, Patrick wrote tributes to each of his three children and decided to publicly forgive Lindsay.
    — Ross Douthat, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • But Hannah, who sees his true good nature, forgives him.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 22 May 2026
Definition of forgives
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  • After losing his reelection bid to Bill Clinton in 1992, Bush issued Christmas Eve pardons to six Reagan administration officials convicted of or facing trials for crimes related to Iran-Contra.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Trump pardons ex-Republican congressman.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 7 June 2026
Definition of pardons
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“Shrives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrives. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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