beholden
adjective
[ bɪˈhəʊld(ə)n ]
• owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service.
• "I don't like to be beholden to anybody"
Similar:
indebted,
obligated,
under an obligation,
obliged,
bound,
duty-bound,
honour-bound,
owing a debt of gratitude,
grateful,
thankful,
appreciative,
in someone's debt,
owing someone thanks,
Origin:
late Middle English: archaic past participle of behold, in the otherwise unrecorded sense ‘bound’.
