beholden

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.

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See beholden in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

behold

Origin: ME, pp. of behold

adjective

obliged to feel grateful; owing thanks; indebted

See beholden in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Owing something, such as gratitude, to another; indebted.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English biholden

Origin: , past participle of biholden, to observe; see behold

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