onerous ******************************************************************************** 1. Of the nature of a burden; burdensome; oppressive, troublesome. b. Of the nature of a legal burden, or obligation. 2. Sc. Law. Done or given for value received, being for a consideration: opposed to gratuitous; as in onerous consideration, grant, property, title, etc. (So, in Fr. law, titre onéreux, etc.) Hence {sm}onerously adv., in an onerous or burdensome manner; {sm}onerousness, burdensomeness.