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beholden
adjective [after verb] /bɪˈhəʊl.dən/
/-ˈhoʊl-/ formalDefinition
› feeling you have a duty to someone because they have done something for you: She wanted to be independent and beholden to no one.Relieved and thankful
(Definition of beholden adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- bless you idiom
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- relief noun (HAPPINESS)
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