shriven

verb

variants or shrived
past participle of shrive
as in absolved

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shriven
  1. absolved
  2. remitted
  3. acquitted
  4. vindicated
  5. exonerated
  6. ignored
  7. passed over
  8. excused
Verb
  • The city of Elk Grove had absolved itself and the street design, and California had collectively accepted the inherent danger of automobiles.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • That has not always been guaranteed during his time in the Spanish capital, as he has often been absolved of defensive responsibility to maximise his attacking threat.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of absolved
Verb
  • In 2009, after years of strained relations between SSPX and the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI remitted the 1988 excommunications as a step toward healing the rift.
    — Noah LaBelle, NPR, 2 July 2026
  • The tens of billions that are remitted annually add more to Mexico’s economy than both tourism and oil.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Definition of remitted
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  • Prosecutors opted to retry Read, and she was acquitted of the most serious charges, second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death, in June 2025.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Rogers was acquitted at trial of the more serious charge of conspiracy to commit economic espionage.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of acquitted
Verb
  • If Spurs find their feet soon under De Zerbi, their transfer approach will be vindicated.
    — Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Tran’s lawyer has called the charges trumped up and said Tran will be vindicated in the end.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of vindicated
Verb
  • Four of them had been exonerated by 2008, and five more would follow.
    — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Crime, courts and policing A man falsely imprisoned for 18 years was exonerated of an Orange County robbery.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of exonerated
Verb
  • Neighbors said their complaints about the empty lot were ignored for years until a fire burned part of the property and neighbor Kayt Miranda's garage early on Wednesday morning.
    — Joy Benedict, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The stock that spent two years being ignored by the same investors who loaded up on Hilton and Marriott is now having its moment.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of ignored
Verb
  • The Authority said 489,255 vehicles passed over the bridge in June 2026.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • He’s particularly drawn to episodes that are discomforting for his countrymen—the Dreyfus Affair, and, a recent obsession, French accommodation in Nazi rule during the Occupation, a national embarrassment that was long passed over in silence.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of passed over
Verb
  • The jury requested to be excused for the day hours after telling Judge William Sullivan that it was deadlocked and could not reach a unanimous decision.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
  • As Korean growth picks up, President Lee Jae Myung could be excused for thinking his job as an economic reformer is done.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of excused
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“Shriven.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shriven. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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