adjective
beholden
bih-HOHL-dun/bɪˈhəʊldən/
Owing someone gratitude or a favor in return for help.
She feels beholden to the neighbor who helped her through the crisis.
Etymology
The hold element survives in an old participle now meaning “bound in gratitude.” Although beholden began as a participle of behold, no directly matching obligation sense of that verb is recorded.
In context
that means that I am not beholden to the Republican Party for example it means that I'm going to speak out whenever I think that a principle is being violated
More examples
- The candidate insists he is beholden to no wealthy donor.
- I am grateful, but I do not want to feel beholden.
- His generosity leaves the family deeply beholden to him.