bounden

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   archaic except in bounden duty: morally obligatory or binding

   She considered it her bounden duty to report the safety defect.

2. 2
   adj

   archaic: placed under an obligation or indebted

   The rescued travelers felt bounden to the villagers who had sheltered them.

An archaic past participle of bind, later preserved as an adjective. It now occurs chiefly in the fixed phrase bounden duty.

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