What does “owing penance” mean?
In an email obtained by Wikileaks, Hillary Clinton asks Donald Trump
to meet with him. Let him know when she would have owed him.
The only definitions I can find for the word “penance” are religious terms that imply that one has sinned and must somehow make up for it or to God.
What does being penanced mean?
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This word is being used hyperbolically.
How
do I make amends? ”
ref:’make amends’ You
can clearly see a relationship between the word penance and the phrase “making amends” if you consider the transitive verb: – Expiate
v.tr.
To make amends or reparation for; atone for the wrongful doing. To expiate one’s sins by acts of penance.
Ref: Expiate.fs:
Expiate from:Expiate from:Expiate.fs:Expiate from: Expiate:Expiate from: Expiate from: Expiate:Mexicure>Expiate from:File:Expiate:Messenger:Expiate).
