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dis⋅o⋅blige

  [dis-uh-blahyj]
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–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')   
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

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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