behovenadj.
Under obligation, beholden.
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > [adjective] > under obligation
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beholdenc1400
debtedc1425
beholding1484
indebt1504
bounden1530
indebted1553
obliged1596
redevable1596
engaged1665
behoven1880
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adjective] > bound or under obligation
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debtfulc1425
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worthy1469
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subjectc1480
bound1488
debt-bounda1522
obstrict1527
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oughting1567
devinct1573
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obliged1596
affineda1616
boundant1654
guilty1700
obligated1740
behoven1880
duty-bound1908
due1913
1880 S. Baring-Gould Mehalah I. ii. 26 I will in nothing be behoven to the man I abhor.
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adj.1880