Definition of debt

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Debt (n.) A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.

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Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory..
Detteles :: Detteles (a.) Free from debt.
Relinquish :: Relinquish (v. t.) To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt..
Debtless :: Debtless (a.) Free from debt.
Insecurity :: Insecurity (n.) The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt..
Fugitive :: Fugitive (a.) Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor..
Run :: Run (a.) To pass from one state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; -- often with in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt..
Account :: Account (n.) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank..
Release :: Release (n.) Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services..
Solvable :: Solvable (a.) Able to pay one's debts; solvent.
Indebted :: Indebted (imp. & p. p.) of Indeb.
Duebill :: Duebill (n.) A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note..
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter..
Insolvent :: Insolvent (a.) Relating to persons unable to pay their debts.
Redemptioner :: Redemptioner (n.) One who redeems himself, as from debt or servitude..
Debit :: Debit (v. t.) To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold..
Acquittance :: Acquittance (n.) The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.
Discount :: Discount (v.) To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills..
Incur :: Incur (v. t.) To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure/ penalty, responsibility, etc..
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