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indebtment rare.|ɪnˈdɛtmənt|
[f. as prec. + -ment; app. after F. endettement (endebtement, Cotgr. 1611).]
The state of being indebted; indebtedness.
1650Bp. Hall Balm Gil. (R.), Fear thou a worse prison if thou wilt needs wilfully liue and dye in a just indebtment, when thou maiest be at once free and honest. 1813T. Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 198 It is, at the same time, a salutary curb on the spirit of war and indebtment. 1815Ibid. 254, I feel my portion of indebtment to the reverend author. 1862R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 71 The work of one to whom we love to be indebted, and still more to proclaim our indebtment. |