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1. i. günah keçisi; şamar oğlanı. baskasinin suçunu yüklenen kimse, samar oglani, abali. başkalarının cezasını çeken. başkalarının cezasını çeken. i. günah keçisi; şamar oğlanı. günah keçisi, şamar oğlanı.
2.  Musevilerin günahlarını çöle götürmek üzere başıboş bırakılan keçi, günah keçi; başkalarının cezasını ve sorumluluğunu yüklenen kimse.
3. başkasının suçunu yüklenen kimse. şamar oğlanı. abalı.
4. başkalarının cezalarını üstlenen kişi. günah keçisi. şamar oğlanı.
5. başkalarının cezasını çeken.

Etymology : 1scape; intended as translation of Hebrew `azAzEl , as if `Ez 'OzEl goat that departs--Leviticus 16:8
Pronunciation : 'skAp-"gOt
Function : noun
Date : 1530

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1. person or group that is blamed for the sins or wrongdoings of others. scapegoat\scape"goat`\ , n. [scape (for escape) + goat.].
2. (jewish antiq.) a goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness. xvi.
3. 2. hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.scapegoat someone punished for the errors of others [syn: whipping boy ]scapegoat lev. 16:8-26; r.v., "the goat for azazel" (q.v.), the name given to the goat which was taken away into the wilderness on the day of atonement (16:20-22). the priest made atonement over the scapegoat, laying israel's guilt upon it, and then sent it away, the goat bearing "upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited." at a later period an evasion or modification of the law of moses was introduced by the jews. "the goat was conducted to a mountain named tzuk, situated at a distance of ten sabbath days' journey, or about six and a half english miles, from jerusalem. at this place the judean desert was supposed to commence; and the man in whose charge the goat was sent out, while setting him free, was instructed to push the unhappy beast down the slope of the mountain side, which was so steep as to insure the death of the goat, whose bones were broken by the fall. the reason of this barbarous custom was that on one occasion the scapegoat returned to jerusalem after being set free, which was considered such an evil omen that its recurrence was prevented for the future by the death of the goat" (twenty-one years' work in the holy land). this mountain is now called el-muntar.
4. A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.
5. Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others. someone punished for the errors of others.
6. 1. If you say that someone is made a scapegoat for something bad that has happened, you mean that people blame them and may punish them for it although it may not be their fault. I don't deserve to be made the scapegoat for a couple of bad results.
7. To scapegoat someone means to blame them publicly for something bad that has happened, even though it was not their fault. Ethnic minorities are continually scapegoated for the lack of jobs. someone who is blamed for something bad that happens, even if it is not their fault scapegoat for (scape (from scape (13-20 centuries), from escape) + goat; meant as a translation of 'azazel (probably the name of an evil spirit in the Bible), as if it were 'ez 'ozel ). In the Old Testament, a goat that was symbolically burdened with the sins of the people and then killed on Yom Kippur to rid Jerusalem of its iniquities. Similar rituals were held elsewhere in the ancient world to transfer guilt or blame. In ancient Greece, human scapegoats were beaten and driven out of cities to mitigate calamities. In early Roman law, an innocent person was allowed to assume the penalty of another; Christianity reflects this notion in its belief that Jesus died to atone for the sins of mankind.