shriving

verb

present participle of shrive
as in pardoning

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shriving
  1. pardoning
  2. forgiving
  3. remitting
  4. reforming
  5. reclaiming
  6. blessing
Verb
  • The million-dollar question concerned the Thanksgiving tradition of the president pardoning two turkeys.
    — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
  • President Bill Clinton came under fire for pardoning former hedge-fund manager Marc Rich, and President Joe Biden was roundly criticized for pardoning his son, Hunter, as well as preemptively pardoning other family members.
    — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 13 May 2026
Definition of pardoning
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  • Hydrogen systems are not forgiving when oxygen is present in the wrong place.
    — Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • So when a series of health problems, including a severe case of sepsis, nearly killed him earlier this year, the discourse wasn’t forgiving.
    — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of forgiving
Verb
  • In many cases, after years of not remitting money owed to ASCAP, the company sued the business owners and took them to court.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
  • Instead, the audit found, the state was remitting fee revenue to the general fund and using more than half the money for purposes unrelated to the board.
    — Phoebe Quinton, AJC.com, 15 June 2026
Definition of remitting
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  • All In Now, released in May, marked the group’s second LP since reforming in 2023 after a two-decade break.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Some members sought to amend the resolution to call for reforming ICE rather than abolishing it.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of reforming
Verb
  • Yet Schore makes a compelling case that the greatest opportunity for reclaiming time isn't found by reorganizing schedules but by managing the internal conversations that quietly consume them.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Getting a tattoo is an act of reclaiming your bodily autonomy.
    — Kara McGrath, Allure, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of reclaiming
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  • By visiting the Basilica and blessing the new tower, the pope follows in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI who in 2010 consecrated the Sagrada Familia.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
  • Jimmy Fallon has been blessing the New York Knicks with good humor for decades.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Definition of blessing
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