Indebtment

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    indebtedness countable, uncountable

    "Fear thou a worse prison, if thou wilt needs wilfully live and die in a just indebtment, when thou mayest be at once free and honest."

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bad debtbillborrowingchargechitdue

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"Fear thou a worse prison, if thou wilt needs wilfully live and die in a just indebtment, when thou mayest be at once free and honest."

Etymology

Compare French endettement.

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