Definition of disoblige Disoblige

dis•o•blige

We found 7 definitions of disoblige from 5 different sources.

What does disoblige mean?

Verb disobliges, disobliging, disobliged
disoblige - ignore someone's wishes
		oblige, accommodate bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
		brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, disregard, ignore, dismiss give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"
disoblige - to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
		trouble, put out, inconvenience, discommode, incommode, bother
		bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, affect, touch press or wedge together; pack together
		distress, straiten cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"

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disoblige (Verb)
Not to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate.

disoblige (v. t.)
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.
disoblige (v. t.)
To release from obligation.

disoblige
dis-o-blīj′, v.t. to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility: to do something against the wishes of another: to injure slightly.—n. Disobligā′tion, freedom from obligation: act of disobliging.—adj. Disob′ligatory, releasing from obligation.—n. Disoblige′ment.—adj. Disoblig′ing, not obliging: not careful to attend to the wishes of others: unaccommodating: unkind.—adv. Disoblig′ingly.—n. Disoblig′ingness. [O. Fr. desobliger, des (= L. dis), neg., obliger, to oblige.]