Beholden
obligated; indebted:
a man beholden to no one.
Contemporary Examples
beholden to a base that, like a capricious autocrat, will turn against them at the slightest provocation.
Ted Cruz is Still Not Here to Make Friends Jamelle Bouie February 25, 2014
The religious parties themselves are not, contrary to popular assumption, beholden only to right-wing parties.
A Centrist Government in Israel? Brent E. Sasley January 17, 2013
Stille shows how his family, like all families, is beholden to elements both large and small.
The Nonfiction ‘Middlesex’: Alexander Stille’s ‘The Force of Things’ Nicholas Mancusi February 21, 2013
I had been too beholden to literary orthodoxy, too insistent that the narrative obey the strictures of reality.
A Mathematically Impossible Novel: Manil Suri Explains “The City of Devi” Manil Suri March 14, 2013
Its members would not be beholden to any special interest groups, at all, for their selection.
Is It Time to Take a Chance on Random Representatives? Michael Schulson November 7, 2014
Historical Examples
Many a man before had offered her gifts, and she had refused them every one; for she had no wish to be beholden to any man.
Children of the Dawn Elsie Finnimore Buckley
Then, sinking before him in a deep courtesy, “I am beholden to you,” she said.
The Gentleman From Indiana Booth Tarkington
This venerable dame appeared to gaze at the spectator from whatsoever situation she was beholden.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby
You may be assured, that I will sooner be beholden to you, than to any body living.
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) Samuel Richardson
“I am beholden to you, Master Salkeld,” he said, when I had done.
In the Days of Drake J. S. Fletcher
adjective
indebted; obliged; under a moral obligation
adj.
“under obligation,” mid-14c., originally past participle of behold (and preserving the original past participle of hold), but a sense directly related to this usage is not recorded among the many and varied meanings attested for behold.
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