unbeholden

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adjective

Not beholden; not obliged or bound by duty or expectations.

Similar
unobligated
OriginMiddle English unbehealden →
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Meanings

adjectiveunbeholden (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot beholden; not obliged or bound by duty or expectations.

    Ever creative and unbeholden to tradition, American craft brewers have made the brown-ale style their own.

    2007 January 24, Eric Asimov, “Quiet Cover for a Vital Brew”, in New York Times
  2. not comparableobsoleteUnseen.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivefree of moral obligation

Similar
unobligated
Also see
unobligatedunseen

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishunbehealden
  2. Englishunbeholden

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

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APA

unbeholden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbeholden

MLA

“unbeholden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbeholden. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbeholden,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbeholden.

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