adj.

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

[Middle English biholden, past participle of biholden, to observe. See behold.]

adjective

Owing something, such as gratitude or appreciation, to another: bound, indebted, obligated, obliged. Archaic bounden. Idioms: under obligation. See obligation.

adj

Definition: indebted
Antonyms: ungrateful

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: under a moral obligation to someone

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forpligtet, tak skyldig

Nederlands (Dutch)
verplicht, verschuldigd

Français (French)
adj. - être redevable à (sout)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verbunden, verpflichtet

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υπόχρεος, καταϋποχρεωμένος

Italiano (Italian)
grato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - obrigado, devedor

Русский (Russian)
обязан, признателен

Español (Spanish)
adj. - agradecido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förpliktad, förbunden, skyldig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
负有义务的, 蒙恩的, 有所亏欠的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 負有義務的, 蒙恩的, 有所虧欠的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 은혜를 입어, 구속을 받아

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 恩義を受けて, 恩義をうけて

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مدين, ممنون, شاكر الفضل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אסיר-תודה‬

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