贖罪の山羊 — meaning in English

English meaning

• scapegoat noun A person blamed for a problem or failure that was not really their fault, often to protect others.

Senses

贖罪の山羊 is used for these senses in English:

• scapegoat In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
• scapegoat Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure.

scapegoat — full definition

1. noun A person blamed for a problem or failure that was not really their fault, often to protect others.
2. verb To unfairly blame someone for a failure.

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