disobligationt (disobligashon)

[= Pg. desobrigação = It. disobbligazione; as disoblige + -ation: see disoblige.] 1. Freedom from obligation. If it [the law] had been de facto imposed, it could not oblige the conscience; then the conscience is restored to liberty and disobligation . Jer. Taylor, Rule of Conscience, III. vi. § 3. 2. The act of disobliging; an act showing disregard of obligation, or unwillingne to oblige. He [Selden] intended to haue given his owne library to the Vniversity of Oxford, but received disobligation from them, for that they would not lend him some MSS. Aubrey MSS ., in Selden's Table-Talk, p. 7. If he receded from what he had promised, it would be such a disobligation to the prince that he would never forget it. Clarendon, Civil War, I. i. 16. disobligatoryt (dis-ob'li-ga-to-ri), a. [As dis oblige + -atory.] Releasing from obligation. King Charles, Letter to Henderson. disoblige (dis-o-blij'), v. t.; pret. and pp. dis obliged, ppr. disobliging. [OF. des obliger, F. désobliger (= Sp. desobligar = Pg. desobrigar = The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary disoblige Your sister here, that never disobliged me in her life. Goldsmith, Good-natured Man, i. 2. To incommode; put to inconvenience. [Colloq.] "I am rambling about the country," said he, "and pursue whatever is novel and interesting, and hope my presence, Madam, will not disoblige you. S. Judd, Margaret, ii. 1. 31. To release from obligation. from receiving chrism or confirmation. The taking of priestly orders disobliges the suscipient Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 401. No unkindne of a brother can wholly rescind that relation, or disoblige us from the duties annexed thereto. Barrow , Sermons, I. xxx. disobligement (dis-ō-blij'ment), n. [ diso blige+-ment.] The act of disobliging. Milton . To the great disobligement [said Mr. Bacon), as we had reason to know, of some of his [Gall at in's) strong political friends at that time. H. Adams , Albert Gall at in, p. 450. dis obliger (dis-ō-bli'jer), n . One who disobliges. disobliging (dis-o-bli'jing), p . a . [Ppr. of dis oblige, v.] Not obliging; not disposed to please or to gratify the wishes of another; unaccommodating: as, a disobliging landlord. disobligingly (dis-o-blijing-li), adv . In a disobliging manner; churlishly. He could not but well remember how foully that busine had been managed, and how disobligingly he himself had been treated by that am ba a dour. Clarendon, Civil War, I. 14. disobligingne (dis-ō-bli'jing-nes), n . Unwillingne to oblige; want of readine to please or accommodate.