Etymology

unbeholden

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Today it means: Not beholden; not obliged or bound by duty or expectations. Full definition →

Middle English unbehealden
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromunbehealden
  2. English todayunbeholden

From Middle English unbehealden, equivalent to un- + beholden.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.