Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disoblige"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disoblige
v 1: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to: "Sorry to trouble
you, but..." [syn: {trouble}, {put out}, {inconvenience},
{discommode}, {incommode}, {bother}]
2: ignore someone's wishes [ant: {oblige}]
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