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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
An animal that has symbolically had human diseases and sins transferred to it and then is sent out alive into the wilderness to carry away the afflictions..
A very common one was to take an animal and, after various ceremonies, to sprinkle it with blood and let it loose as a scape-animal, carrying the disease away.
Use scape-animal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Scape-animal means An animal that has symbolically had human diseases and sins transferred to it and then is sent out alive into the wilderness to carry away the afflictions..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A very common one was to take an animal and, after various ceremonies, to sprinkle it with blood and let it loose as a scape-animal, carrying the disease away.
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