The definition of beholden is you owe someone, or are under some moral obligation to repay a favor or kindness.
(adjective)When your in-laws give you the money to buy a house and keep bringing it up every time they ask if they can come over, this is an example of a time when you might feel beholden.
See beholden in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb
Origin: ME, pp. of behold
adjective
See beholden in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
Origin:
Origin: Middle English biholden
Origin: , past participle of biholden, to observe; see behold
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