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the demon or place in the wilderness to which the scapegoat is released in an atonement ritual. Lev. 16:8, 10, 26.
the scapegoat itself.
Historical Examples

The sending of the scape-goat to Azazel marked the abomination in which this lascivious cult was held.
History of the Jews, Vol. I (of 6) Heinrich Graetz

The rabbis are agreed, even, that the word Azazel is not Hebrew.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3 (of 10) Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

Through all the rest of Scripture the scape-goat is unmentioned, and Azazel is ignored.
The Expositor’s Bible: The First Book of Kings F. W. Farrar

The word “scapegoat” is a euphemism; the Hebrew text says Azazel.
The Bible Unveiled M. M. Mangasarian

I wonder if it be supposed by any one that Azazel is in any way a distinct being from the goat.
George Eliot’s Life, Vol. I (of 3) George Eliot

Both Jews and Mohammedans believed Azazel to be a dread divinity.
The Bible Unveiled M. M. Mangasarian

I sat myself down with pain and difficulty, for Azazel had bruised me all over, and I felt fearfully stiff and sore.
The Man-Wolf and Other Tales Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian

Milton introduces Azazel as the standard-bearer of the fallen hosts of heaven.
The Bible Unveiled M. M. Mangasarian

Azazel did not think much of man; and it was for that he lost his position.
The Bible Unveiled M. M. Mangasarian

Azazel must not triumph, though the tribe of the Narragansetts should be swept with the besom of destruction.
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish James Fenimore Cooper

noun
(Old Testament) a desert demon to whom the scapegoat bearing the sins of Israel was sent out once a year on the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:1–28)
(in later Jewish and Gnostic writings and in Muslim tradition) a prince of demons

(Lev. 16:8, 10, 26, Revised Version only here; rendered “scape-goat” in the Authorized Version). This word has given rise to many different views. Some Jewish interpreters regard it as the name of a place some 12 miles east of Jerusalem, in the wilderness. Others take it to be the name of an evil spirit, or even of Satan. But when we remember that the two goats together form a type of Christ, on whom the Lord “laid the iniquity of us all,” and examine into the root meaning of this word (viz., “separation”), the interpretation of those who regard the one goat as representing the atonement made, and the other, that “for Azazel,” as representing the effect of the great work of atonement (viz., the complete removal of sin), is certainly to be preferred. The one goat which was “for Jehovah” was offered as a sin-offering, by which atonement was made. But the sins must also be visibly banished, and therefore they were symbolically laid by confession on the other goat, which was then “sent away for Azazel” into the wilderness. The form of this word indicates intensity, and therefore signifies the total separation of sin: it was wholly carried away. It was important that the result of the sacrifices offered by the high priest alone in the sanctuary should be embodied in a visible transaction, and hence the dismissal of the “scape-goat.” It was of no consequence what became of it, as the whole import of the transaction lay in its being sent into the wilderness bearing away sin. As the goat “for Jehovah” was to witness to the demerit of sin and the need of the blood of atonement, so the goat “for Azazel” was to witness to the efficacy of the sacrifice and the result of the shedding of blood in the taking away of sin.