The act of being shriven.

Roget 529: disclosure; retection^†; unveiling etc. v.; deterration^†, revealment, revelation; exposition, exposure; expose; whole truth; telltale etc. (news) 532.    acknowledgment, avowal; confession, confessional; shrift.    bursting of a bubble; denouement.    [person who discloses a secret] tattletale, snitch, fink, stool pigeon, canary.    ... show more

Roget 952: atonement, reparation; compromise, composition; compensation etc. 30; quittance, quits; expiation, redemption, reclamation, conciliation, propitiation; indemnification, redress.    amends, apology, amende honorable^†, satisfaction; peace offering, sin offering, burnt offering; scapegoat, sacrifice.    penance, fasting, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, white sheet, shrift, flagellation, lustration^†; purgation, purgatory.    ... show more