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
  • 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
  • The Democrats have signaled that they are united in opposition to any talk of pardoning Maxwell.
    — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of pardoning
Verb
  • Instead, as Laura bugs her sister long enough about just forgiving her already, Mary explodes.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026
  • Consumers are remarkably forgiving when expectations are managed honestly.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of forgiving
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  • 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
  • Instead of remitting those taxes to the IRS, prosecutors alleged Kapoor diverted over $2 million from company accounts for his personal benefit.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
Definition of remitting
Verb
  • But Warsh has focused instead on reforming the central bank’s public messaging — mostly by demanding less of it.
    — Benn Steil, Washington Post, 9 July 2026
  • When House Republican Leader Paul Ryan proposed reforming Medicare, opponents ran a television ad portraying him pushing an elderly woman in a wheelchair off a cliff.
    — Jessica Riedl, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
Definition of reforming
Verb
  • Topline Apple became the world’s largest company on Friday, briefly reclaiming the spot from Nvidia following a slide in shares for the AI bellwether and as the iPhone maker accelerates its plans for the growing technology.
    — Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Trade timing & outlook RDDT recently broke above the $200 level after basing over the last three months, and momentum has turned positive again with the stock reclaiming its longer-term moving average.
    — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 15 July 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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“Shriving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shriving. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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