All 3 Uses of
indebted
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- And to Yefim Petrovitch, a man of a generosity and humanity rarely to be met with, the young people were more indebted for their education and bringing up than to any one.†
Chpt 1 *
- I don't know how to thank you, indeed ...for such kindness, but ...If only you knew how precious time is to me.... That sum of money, for which I shall be indebted to your generosity.... Oh, madam, since you are so kind, so touchingly generous to me," Mitya exclaimed impulsively, "then let me reveal to you ...though, of course, you've known it a long time ...that I love somebody here....I have been false to Katya ...Katerina Ivanovna I should say....Oh, I've behaved inhumanly, dishonorably to her, but I fell in love here with another woman ...a woman whom you, madam, perhaps, despise, for you know everything already, but whom I cannot leave on any account, and therefore that three thousand n†
Chpt 8
- I was once indebted to him for assistance in money for more than three thousand, and I took it, although I could not at that time foresee that I should ever be in a position to repay my debt.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
to be grateful for a favor; or to owe money; or to be in the position of owing a debt of gratitude