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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
dis·o·blige       [dis-uh-blahyj] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -bliged, -blig·ing.
1.to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate.
2.to give offense to; affront: to be disobliged by a tactless remark.
3.to cause inconvenience to; incommode: to be disobliged by an uninvited guest.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < MF desobliger, equiv. to des- dis-1 + obliger to oblige]

—Related forms
dis·o·blig·ing·ly, adverb
dis·o·blig·ing·ness, noun
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dis·o·blige       (dĭs'ə-blīj')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   dis·o·bliged, dis·o·blig·ing, dis·o·blig·es
  1. To refuse or neglect to act in accord with the wishes of.
  2. To inconvenience.
  3. To give offense to; affront.

dis'o·blig'ing·ly adv.
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disoblige

verb
1. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." [syn: trouble] 
2. ignore someone's wishes [ant: accommodate] 

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Disoblige

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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