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Disoblige

Disoblige Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Disoblige? [v] ignore someone's wishes [v] to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." Synonyms \| Synonyms for Disoblige: bother \| discommode \| incommode \| inconvenience \| put out \| trouble Related Terms \| Find terms related to Disoblige: affront \| bother \| call names \| disaccommodate \| disadvantage \| discommode \| dishonor \| dump on \| fleer at \| flout \| gibe at \| give offense to \| harm \| humiliate \| hurl a brickbat \| impose upon \| incommode \| inconvenience \| insult \| jeer at \| jibe at \| mock \| offend \| outrage \| put about \| put down \| put out \| put to inconvenience \| put to trouble \| scoff at \| taunt \| treat with indignity \| trouble See Also \| affect \| bear on \| bear upon \| brush aside \| brush off \| discount \| dismiss \| disregard \| ignore \| impact \| push aside \| touch \| touch on Disoblige In Webster's Dictionary \Dis`o*blige"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disobliged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disobliging}.] [Pref. dis- + oblige: cf. F. d['e]sobliger.] 1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to. Those . . . who slight and disoblige their friends, shall infallibly come to know the value of them by having none when they shall most need them. --South. My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it would not be very safe to disoblige. --Addison. 2. To release from obligation. [Obs.] Absolving and disobliging from a more general command for some just and reasonable cause. --Milton.

Disoblige Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disoblige?

[v] ignore someone's wishes
[v] to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."

Disoblige In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis`o*blige"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disobliged}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Disobliging}.] [Pref. dis- + oblige: cf. F.
d['e]sobliger.]
1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to
   offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to
   displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating
   to.

         Those . . . who slight and disoblige their friends,
         shall infallibly come to know the value of them by
         having none when they shall most need them. --South.

         My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it
         would not be very safe to disoblige.  --Addison.



2. To release from obligation. [Obs.]

         Absolving and disobliging from a more general
         command for some just and reasonable cause.
                                               --Milton.

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