shrive

Just when it looked like the Seahawks would shrive a typically bizarre fourth quarter, the Titans rallied to tie the score in the final 30 seconds of regulation and then won it on Randy Bullock’s 36-yard field goal in overtime to win it.

“Shrift,” from the verb “to shrive,” is confession of one’s sins to a priest and presumably forgiveness.

The force said the word shrove is the past tense of shrive - confession before Lent - so it felt appropriate.

"Shrove" is the past tense of "shrive" which the Oxford English Dictionary defines as "presenting oneself to a priest for confession, penance, and absolution".

Leah Lipsky and Ronal Iannotti, staff scientists at the Eunice Kennedy Shrive National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, report that for every hour of television children watch, they are 8% less likely to eat fruit every day, 18% more likely to eat candy, and 16% more likely to eat fast food.