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/ˈʃɹaɪv/ · verb
(religion, transitive and intransitive) To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.)..
If he have the condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me.
Doubtless he shrives this woman, […] / Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech.
I will not madly deem that power Of Earth may shrive me of the sin Unearthly pride hath revell’d in— […]
My sins as scarlet are; let me go hence, / And in some cloister's school of penitence, / Across those stones, that pave the way to heaven, / Walk barefoot, till my guilty soul is shriven!
c. 1798-1845, unknown author, The Croppy Boy 'Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and shrive.
Use shrive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Shrive means (religion, transitive and intransitive) To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.)..
Common synonyms include squeal, confess.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
If he have the condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me.
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