indebted Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc
  2. adjective satellite under a legal obligation to someone

WordNet

In*debt"ed adjective
Definitions
  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. Cowper.

Webster 1913