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Shrive

🔄 Synonyms of "Shrive"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
squealnoun	(ambitransitive) To scream with a shrill, prolonged sound.
confessverb	(intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Shrive"

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Word	Definition
confessverb	(intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
squealnoun	(ambitransitive) To scream with a shrill, prolonged sound.
pardonnoun	Forgiveness for an offence.
confesseverb	Obsolete spelling of confess. [(intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.]
confideverb	(intransitive, with in) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
reconfessverb	To confess again or anew.
professverb	(ambitransitive) To declare; to assert, affirm.
receaveverb	Obsolete form of receive. [(transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.]
swearverb	(ambitransitive) To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.
fess upverb	(intransitive, colloquial) To confess to something; to admit something.
come cleanverb	(idiomatic) To confess; admit the truth.
reciteverb	(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
reacquiteverb	(obsolete, transitive) To requite.
revoiceverb	(transitive) To voice again.
regiveverb	(transitive) To give again that which has been received as a gift.
revelateverb	(obsolete) To reveal.
sit underverb	(religion) To be in the habit of hearing the preaching or teaching of (someone).
readverb	(transitive or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
repayverb	Synonym of pay back in all senses.
takeverb	(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.