Disobligation
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of disobliging. countable, uncountable
- 2 A disobliging act; an offence. countable, uncountable
"[they] were in truth more offended and incensed with the disgrace and disobligation to the one , than they were pleased with the preferment of the other"
- 3 Release from obligation. countable, uncountable
"However the laws were established , yet according as they go off , or go less , or fall into desuetude or disobligation , so the band of conscience grows less , till it be quite eased by abrogation"
Example
More examples"[they] were in truth more offended and incensed with the disgrace and disobligation to the one , than they were pleased with the preferment of the other"
Etymology
From dis- + obligation.
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