28
grateful(adjective, satisfied, pleased, gratitude, grateful)
18
indebted(adjective, satisfied, obligation, pleased, grateful)
14
obligated(adjective, obligation, indebted, obliged)
11
obliged(adjective, satisfied, obligation, pleased, gratitude)
10
thankful(adjective, gratitude, grateful, gratified, appreciative)
9
appreciative(adjective, satisfied, pleased, grateful, gratified)
7
bound(verb, adjective, obligation, grateful, appreciative)
7
under obligation(expression, adjective, idiom, obligation, gratitude)
5
responsible(adjective, indebted, obliged)
4
bounden(adjective, obligation, archaism, obliged)
4
in debt(expression, adjective, idiom, grateful, appreciative)
4
indebted to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, duty, gratitude)
3
owing(adjective, indebted)
2
beheld(verb, saw, observed)
2
debt
2
gazed(verb, saw, observed)
2
in duty bound(expression, idiom, duty)
2
in hock(expression, adjective, idiom, indebted)
2
into(adjective, indebted)
2
looked(verb, saw, observed)
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