Short shrift
Short shrift noun - A brief and unsympathetic rejection.
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Sanction and short shrift are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sanction" instead a noun phrase "Short shrift".
Sanction
Sanction noun - The approval by someone in authority for the doing of something.
Short shrift and sanction are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Short shrift" instead a noun "Sanction".
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Sanction and Short shrift. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/short_shrift/sanction
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Sanction or Short shrift. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/short_shrift/sanction.
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