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answer: "Originally atonement; in speech, a fond “sweetheart” or “don’t worry about it.”"
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# Kapara

כפרה — Kapara

Originally atonement; in speech, a fond “sweetheart” or “don’t worry about it.”

On Yom Kippur the liturgical sense returns. The rest of the year it is slang. Context is the whole story.