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forgive vs shrive

shrive vs forgive

forgive and shrive both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
forgive No No Yes No
shrive No No Yes No
As verbs, shrive is a hyponym of forgive; that is, shrive is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than forgive:
  • forgive: stop blaming or grant forgiveness
  • shrive: grant remission of a sin to
Other hyponyms of forgive include condone, excuse, absolve, free, absolve, remit, pardon, excuse, pardon.
forgive (verb) shrive (verb)
stop blaming or grant forgiveness grant remission of a sin to
absolve from payment
Difference between forgive and shrive

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