beholden
adjective/bɪˈhəʊldən/
/bɪˈhəʊldən/
(formal)- beholden to somebody (for something) owing something to somebody because of something that they have done for you
- She didn't like to be beholden to anyone.
Word Originlate Middle English: archaic past participle of behold, in the otherwise unrecorded sense ‘bound’.Want to learn more?
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