Definition of debt to society
- After 10 years in prison, he has paid his debt to society and is a free man.
: sin, trespass
: something owed : obligation
: a state of being under obligation to pay or repay someone or something in return for something received : a state of owing
: companionship or association with one's fellows : friendly or intimate intercourse : company
: a voluntary association of individuals for common ends
: an enduring and cooperating social group whose members have developed organized patterns of relationships through interaction with one another
: of, relating to, or typical of fashionable society
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