unbeholdenadj.
/ˌʌnbᵻˈhəʊldn/, U.S. /ˌənbəˈhoʊld(ə)n/ 1. Not under an obligation (to a person); independent. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [adjective] > not under an obligation
unholdenc1380
unbeholding1615
disengaged1621
unindebted1673
unbeholden1674
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 18 Both unmade by God, and unbeholden to, or independent on God.
a1849 J. Keegan Legends & Poems (1907) 489 Dandy Delaney and his family grew rich all at once. People..wondered how the mischief he grew so ‘unbeholden’ in a moment.
2. Unbeheld, unseen.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > unobserved, undiscovered
unayetec1275
unespiedc1374
unperceiveda1375
unapperceived1390
unwitnessed1407
unkenneda1475
obscure1484
unaspied?1507
undiscerned1529
unsuspectedc1530
unspieda1542
unascried1548
undiscovered1555
unscried1578
unfound1584
undescried1595
undetectedc1602
uneyeda1627
undilucidated1635
insuspected1646
indiscovered1663
unbeheld1667
trackless1695
unjealoused1710
unbeholden1820
unencountered1821
undivined1852
unexcavated1874
uncognized1877
1820 P. B. Shelley To Skylark in Prometheus Unbound 203 Like a glow-worm golden..Scattering unbeholden Its aerial hue.
1867 J. Ingelow Tired in Poems v And were it good to go, And unbeholden in the vessel's wake Look on the man thou lovedst, and forgive.
1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 813 At a shrine unbeloved of a God unbeholden a gift shall be given for the land.
Derivatives
rare.
unbeˈholdenness n.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > freedom from obligation
disobligation1620
disobligement1649
unbeholdenness1674
disengagedness1685
disengagement1702
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 63 They who hold this wild emptiness, hold also..its independency on, or unbeholdenness to, God himself.
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