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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 shrift /ˈʃrɪft, ||ˈsrɪft/
 懺悔,臨終懺悔,招認,承認

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Shrift n.
 1. The act of shriving.
    In shrift and preaching is my diligence.   --Chaucer.
 2. Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it.
    Have you got leave to go to shrift to-day?   --Shak.
 Therefore, my lord, address you to your shrift,
 And be yourself; for you must die this instant.   --Rowe.
 Shrift father, a priest to whom confession is made.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 shrift
      n : the act of being shriven