Disobliged

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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


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              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.
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              My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it
              would not be very safe to disoblige.  --Addison.
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     2. To release from obligation. [Obs.]
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              Absolving and disobliging from a more general
              command for some just and reasonable cause.
                                                    --Milton.
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