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endebtedness

endebtedness is the obsolete form of indebtedness.

Meaning of indebtedness

Noun

indebtedness (usually uncountable, plural indebtednesses)

  1. (usually) State of owing money; being in debt.
    • Near-synonym: debtorship
    Synonyms:
    debtorship
  2. (usually) The state of owing something or being under obligation to someone.
    • Near-synonym: debtorship
    Synonyms:
    debtorship
  3. (usually) The amount owed.
    Synonyms:
    debt, obligation
  4. (usually) All debts totalled.
    Synonyms:
    debt, obligation

Origin of endebtedness

From endebted + -ness.

Questions about endebtedness

What is endebtedness the obsolete form of?
Endebtedness is the obsolete form of indebtedness.

Words near endebtedness in the dictionary

  1. endeavourings
  2. endeavourment
  3. endeavourments
  4. endeavours
  5. endebted
  6. endebtedness
  7. endecagon
  8. endecagons
  9. endecandrous
  10. endecane
  11. endecanes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: endebtedness (page history and authors); indebtedness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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