disobligation

noun

Etymology

From dis- + obligation.

  1. derived from *leyǵ-
  2. derived from obligatio
  3. derived from obligacion
  4. inherited from obligacioun
  5. prefixed as disobligation — “dis + obligation

Definitions

  1. The act of disobliging.

  2. A disobliging act

    A disobliging act; an offence.

    • [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.

    • 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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA