1) Confession 2) Confession, formerly 3) The act of being shriven 4) With short, a curt rejection 
• (n.) The act of shriving. • (n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it.
Shrift noun [ Middle English shrift , schrift , Anglo-Saxon scrift , from scrīfan to shrive. See Shrive .] 1. The act of shriving. « In shrift and preaching is my diligence.» Chaucer. 2. Confession made to a prie...
[n] - the act of being shriven
[Othello] (24) [Archaic] a confessional.
noun the act of being shriven
confession