Beholden Definition

bĭ-hōldən
adjective
Owing something, such as gratitude, to another; indebted.
American Heritage
Obliged to feel grateful; owing thanks; indebted.
Webster's New World
The definition of beholden is you owe someone, or are under some moral obligation to repay a favor or kindness.
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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Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; bound by moral obligation; indebted; obliged.

From an early age, I had decided I wanted to be beholden to no one.
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Behold.

Webster's New World
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Origin of Beholden

  • Middle English biholden past participle of biholden to observe behold

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Beholden Sentence Examples

  • It is now beholden on all of us to reap the benefits of the new order.

  • Government institutions are becoming ever more beholden to these corporations than to their citizens.

  • Before we leave for our jobs we are already beholden to more than half the world.

  • Abu ' Obeida had an ungracious task, seeing that to the degraded warrior he was beholden for his victories in Syria.

  • Al-Moghira felt beholden to Ziyad for his evidence in this matter, as we shall in the sequel see.

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Words Starting With

BBEBEH

Words Ending With

NENDEN

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Words Starting With B and Ending With N

Starts With B & Ends With NStarts With BE & Ends With NStarts With B & Ends With EN

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With B8 Letter Words Ending With N
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