Favors should be done freely and not out of a sense of indebtedness.
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Indebtedness
Synonyms for "indebtedness" (42 found)
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39 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- дълг noun (amount owed)
- задълженост noun (state of being in debt)
Catalan
2 entries- endeutament noun (state of being in debt)
- endeutament noun (state of owing due to gratitude)
Finnish
4 entries- kiitollisuudenvelka noun (state of owing due to gratitude)
- kokonaisvelka noun (all debts totaled)
- velka noun (amount owed)
- velkaisuus noun (state of being in debt)
French
4 entries- endettement noun (state of being in debt)
- endettement noun (state of owing due to gratitude)
- endettement noun (amount owed)
- endettement noun (all debts totaled)
German
4 entries- Gesamtschuld noun (all debts totaled)
- Pflicht noun (state of owing due to gratitude)
- Schuld noun (state of owing due to gratitude)
- Schuldbetrag noun (amount owed)
Hungarian
4 entries- adósság noun (state of being in debt)
- adósság noun (amount owed)
- eladósodottság noun (state of being in debt)
- lekötelezettség noun (state of owing due to gratitude)
Italian
2 entries- debito di riconoscenza noun (state of owing due to gratitude)
- indebitamento noun (state of being in debt)
Norwegian
1 entries- takknemlighetsgjeld noun (state of owing due to gratitude)
Portuguese
1 entries- endividamento noun (state of being in debt)
Romanian
4 entries- datorie noun (amount owed)
- îndatorare noun (state of being in debt)
- îndatorire noun (state of being in debt)
- îndatorire noun (amount owed)
Russian
1 entries- задо́лженность noun (state of being in debt)
Spanish
2 entries- endeudamiento noun (state of being in debt)
- endeudamiento noun (state of owing due to gratitude)
Swedish
1 entries- tacksamhetsskuld noun (state of owing due to gratitude)
Sample sentences
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Near-synonym: debtorship
Source: wiktionary
Laws regarding indebtedness and indenture.
Source: wiktionary
Near-synonym: debtorship
Source: wiktionary
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