shrive
verb (used with object)
to impose penance on (a sinner).
unshrived
-
a word derived from
shrive.
Example Sentences
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She weighed on his conscience, like a sin unshrived.
From The Vagrant Duke by Gibbs, George
If a preacher chooses to be savage; to write from dyspeptic or neuralgic states; to send his congregation, unshrived, to the nether regions—why, I shrug my shoulders and let it pass.
From All's for the Best by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
