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disobligation

disobligation noun: the act of disobliging.

Noun

disobligation (countable and uncountable, plural disobligations)

  1. The act of disobliging.
  2. 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 other1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed...
  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 abrogation1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC

Forms of disobligation

pluraldisobligations

Origin of disobligation

From dis- + obligation.

Questions about disobligation

What does disobligation mean?
Disobligation means the act of disobliging.
What part of speech is disobligation?
Disobligation is a noun.
What is the plural of disobligation?
The plural of disobligation is disobligations.

Words near disobligation in the dictionary

  1. disobeyers
  2. disobeyest
  3. disobeyeth
  4. disobeying
  5. disobeys
  6. disobligation
  7. disobligations
  8. disobligatory
  9. disoblige
  10. disobliged
  11. disobligement

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