disoblige

Example Sentences

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But there it was in Locke’s own script: “Persecution disobliges the best sort amongst the Papists, as well as amongst others.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2019

I have always thought that the man who will be nothing but a man of wit oftener disobliges than entertains the company.

From Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) by Melville, Lewis

He receives a Letter from his Aunt, breaks with the Commodore, and disobliges the Lieutenant, who, nevertheless, undertakes his Cause.

From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Smollett, T. (Tobias)