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beholden | beholdenness |

As an adjective beholden

is obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; bound by moral obligation; indebted; obliged.

As a noun beholdenness is

the state or quality of being beholden.

beholden

English

Alternative forms

*beholding

Adjective

(-)
  • 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.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=June 26 , author=Genevieve Koski , title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).}} English adjectives ending in -en

    beholdenness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being beholden.