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disoblige (v.)

c. 1600, "to free from obligation;" 1630s, "to refuse or neglect to oblige," from French désobliger (c. 1300), from des- (see dis-) + obliger, from Latin obligare "to bind, bind up, bandage," figuratively "put under obligation," from ob "to" (see ob-) + ligare "to bind," from PIE root *leig- "to tie, bind."

Colloquial sense of "put to inconvenience" is from 1650s (implied in disobligingness). Related: Disobliged; disobliging; disobligingly.

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Definitions of disoblige from WordNet

disoblige (v.)
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to;
Synonyms: trouble / put out / inconvenience / discommode / incommode / bother
disoblige (v.)
ignore someone's wishes;
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