Norwegian Meaning of scapegoat

Syndebukk

Other Norwegian words related to Syndebukk

Definitions and Meaning of scapegoat in English

Wordnet

scapegoat (n)

someone who is punished for the errors of others

Webster

scapegoat (n.)

A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.

Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.

FAQs About the word scapegoat

Syndebukk

someone who is punished for the errors of othersA goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape in

unnskyldning,geit,offer,Syndebukk,Syndebukk,bedra,latterliggjøring,Merke,hån,ape

No antonyms found.

scapegallows => syndebukk, scaped => unnslapp, scape => sokkel, scanty => Knapp, scantness => Knapphet,