Indebted

a.	1.	Brought into debt; being under obligation; held to payment or requital; beholden. By owing, owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharged. - Milton.
	2.	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.

Adj.	1.	indebted - under a legal obligation to someone
	2.	indebted - owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc

bound, burdened with debt, deep in debt, duty-bound, embarrassed, encumbered, in debt, in difficulties, in embarrassed circumstances, in hock, in the hole, in the red, insolvent, involved, liable, mortgaged, obligated, owing, plunged in debt, responsible, tied up, unsound

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