Penance Atonement Forgiveness Absolution Colloquial Forget Important Reconciliation

penance ; atonement, forgiveness, absolution ; (colloquial) forget it, it's not important (reconciliation with misfortune in the hope that it will serve as penance) ; (slang) my sweet, my darling (literally: my penance (as if to ward off the evil eye))  

כפרות - expiation, Jewish folk custom during the days prior to the Day of Atonement to transfer one's sins to a chicken or to money given to charity