Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- biyaya
- Transliteration
- biyaya
- Rejected alternatives
- utang na loob
Grace
Never frame grace as utang na loob, the deeply held Filipino social value of a debt of gratitude that obligates repayment through loyalty and reciprocal favor. Biyaya must be taught as a gift creating no debt to repay, the opposite of the utang na loob framework it would otherwise be absorbed into.
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