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noun 
  1. a quick rejection of an idea or a person, often without giving them the consideration they deserve
    • The bank gave me short shrift when I applied for a loan.
Translations: 
    Etymology: originally, a rushed sacrament of confession (shrift) given to a prisoner who was to be executed very soon

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