DISOBLIGE

disoblige

(verb) ignore someone’s wishes

trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother

(verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; “Sorry to trouble you, but...”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

disoblige (third-person singular simple present disobliges, present participle disobliging, simple past and past participle disobliged)

(Britain) to be unwilling to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate.

(Britain) To offend by an act of unkindness or incivility.

Antonyms

• oblige

Source: Wiktionary


Dis`o*blige", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disobliged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disobliging.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + oblige: cf. F. désobliger.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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