What is "shrives"

Usage examples of "shrives".

Beg shriv'ness for bothering ye, but I'm sad for my naughties, and I would it were you as shrives me.

Beg shriv’ness for bothering ye, but I’m sad for my naughties, and I would it were you as shrives me.

Then he shrives him cleanly and shows his misdeeds, both the more and the less, beseeches mercy, and begs for absolution.

Now since man understands generally what venial sin is, it is fitting to tell especially of sins which many a man perhaps holds not to be sins at all, and for which he shrives not himself.