סְלִיחָה, sprinkling. Ker. 24ᵇ (ref. to Lev. V, 18) והא לא … ידיעה בשעת ס׳ and he (who got knowledge of his innocence after the blood was sprinkled) had no knowledge of it at the time of the sprinkling.
סְלִיחָה, forgiveness. Taan. 30ᵇ; B. Bath. 121ᵃ. Tosef. Naz. III, 14; Naz. 23ᵃ. Ex. R. s. 42 אין ס׳ there is no forgiveness (for Israel); a. fr.—Pl. סְלִיחוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXV הקב"ה … ס׳ הרבה וכ׳ the Lord liberally granted us many pardons out of his own (treasury); a. e.—[סְלִיחוֹת: a) (in liturgy) penitential prayers.—b) name of a Piska in Pesikta (p. 166ᵃ, sq.).]