indebted

Speech parts

1. indebted - Adjective

2. indebted - Verb

4. indebted - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Indebt

Brought into debt; being under obligation; held to payment or requital; beholden.

Placed under obligation for something received, for which restitution or gratitude is due; as, we are indebted to our parents for their care of us in infancy; indebted to friends for help and encouragement.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Examples

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. Alexander the Great

The right honorable gentlemen is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Truth never was indebted to a lie. Edward Young

I was in love with a beautiful blonde once, dear. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm so indebted to her for. W. C. Fields

There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all in awe of the United States and other Western powers, and are indebted to them. Abu Bakar Bashir

One is equally indebted to one's teacher and to God. Kurdish Proverb

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