"disoblige" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: disobliges [present, singular, third-person], disobliging [participle, present], disobliged [participle, past], disobliged [past]
Etymology: From French désobliger. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|désobliger}} French désobliger Head templates: {{en-verb}} disoblige (third-person singular simple present disobliges, present participle disobliging, simple past and past participle disobliged)
  1. (British) to be unwilling to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate. Tags: British
    Sense id: en-disoblige-en-verb-04vK0RkA Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 68 32
  2. (British) To offend by an act of unkindness or incivility. Tags: British
    Sense id: en-disoblige-en-verb-Xckxq9iF Categories (other): British English

Inflected forms

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