(n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it.
Example Sentences:
(1) She added that she did not expect Wonga to turn up to the event in person: "They would get short shrift from the 20 organisations that are coming, not to mention many of the people who will be attending."
(2) Cable's views were given short shrift by Downing Street.
(3) This kind of smugness is always given short shrift by the elderly.
(4) In a move that gave short shrift to hedging, the US space agency released a video intended for 22 December 10 days early.
(5) Misguided attempts by well-wishers to literally or metaphorically pat her on the back and praise her "pluckiness" are given short shrift.
(6) If they came to me with ‘let’s talk about another coalition agreement’, I’d give them pretty short shrift because you have to let the British people have their say first,” he said.
(7) Responding directly to Van Rompuy's warning that member states cannot "cherry-pick" policies, Lidington said: "I give a certain amount of short shrift to some of the charges of cherry-picking.
(8) Kondowe, 38, said he and other civil society leaders had visited the president to plead their case, but were given short shrift.
(9) The governing bodies' letter, delivered to the home addresses of the Ofcom chairman, Colette Bowe, and the board after their representatives felt their arguments were given short shrift by the chief executive, Ed Richards, warned of "serious consequences for the sports sector".
(10) Hodgson, whose squad flew out to Brazil from Luton overnight, still claimed to have spotted plenty of positives from a disjointed display, and gave criticism of his side's system short shrift.
(11) Politicians, businessmen, Fifa executives – all get similarly short shrift.
(12) David Wolchover Anthony Heaton-Armstrong London • Although Moazzam Begg was released from prison for lack of evidence, we can rest comfortably because Theresa May’s latest proposals ( Report, 1 October )should see him back behind bars in short shrift.
(13) Everton rejected Chelsea’s opening bid of £20m last week and they gave short shrift to Tuesday’s follow-up.
(14) Chelsea currently top the table, with Wenger having made clear even back on new year's eve that he did was giving short shrift to Mourinho's regular insistence that his team were unlikely title challengers.
(15) Meanwhile investors used that time to pore over the report and it didn't look pretty, not least the tough talk attributed to a senior Standard Chartered executive who gave a New York colleague worried about sanctions busting, memorably short shrift: "You fucking Americans.
(16) Wearing orange jumpsuits and black hoods, two dozen protesters stood outside the White House on Monday to give short shrift to Barack Obama’s claim that the closure of the prison at Guantánamo Bay is beyond his control.
(17) Journalists who stray where they shouldn't will be given short shrift.
(18) Now the Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman, famous for giving ruthlessly short shrift to politicians, has confirmed that his irascible on-screen attitude towards Westminster is more than skin deep.
(19) And he has short shrift too for those who are quick to judge much-maligned documentaries such as Channel 4's Benefits Street , arguing that much of the criticism is misplaced.
(20) Livingstone said the row had attracted attention for "all the wrong reasons", but received short shrift from Johnson's camp after attempting to call a truce.
Shrive
Definition:
(v. t.) To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.
(v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively.
(v. i.) To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution.